With all the moving and traveling I have done, it has ended up giving me an education of sorts that not everyone gets. I have learned to understand different people and cultures on a more intimate level. I’ve come to understand the unique challenges particular areas face, and that in spite of the unique challenges and differences we all generally want the same thing. A safe place to live, food for the table, a chance at happiness, and loved ones to cherish.
Month: February 2017
I Matter: Two Little Words That Change My Life
I have slowly started to realize that I MATTER. My needs matter. As much as I love and need to help others, I need to first help myself so I have the physical, spiritual and emotional stores available to help others.
Paperwork and The Ridiculousness Of It…
You wonder as you fill out these forms, should I mark yes because he does walk, but he falls down all the time; or, he does talk, but you can’t understand what he is trying to say? You second guess yourself all the way through. We fill out these forms ALL THE TIME…
Something No One Talks About In The World of Parenting Disabled Children…
There is something I haven’t really heard anyone ever talk about in the world of parenting disabled children. There are brief mentions of it in passing with doctors but no one says much about it. For me, talking about it at all is taking a huge leap of faith and exposing my soul.
Education, Polarization and Listening to Neighbors
The older I get the more I realize there are moral truths, but there are many ways that those moral truths can be lived and applied. Often times there are many good ways and just because we have found one good way to live, it doesn’t cancel out all the other good ways. Maybe someone else knows of a better way. Neither way is necessarily bad and maybe it’s just better for that person.
Medicaid- A Dirty Word?
“My son uses Medicaid.
There. I said it.
As a sometimes Republican, there is a bit of shame attached to saying that. Frequently in this nation, we think only lazy losers use government programs like this. For the record, people who use Medicaid are not lazy losers.” Read more. . .
