» Monthly Archives: April 2008
8 hour meals….(*apologies to Rachael Ray) Barbequed Country Style Ribs
As the parent of a special needs child I am frequently out and on the road at doctors appointments, IEP meetings and after school special activities. Rachael Ray may be the queen of the 30 minute meal – I’ve become the queen of the 8 hour meal! The crock pot is my hero! I throw …
The Sunday Paper for April 20, 2008…
…and a cup of coffee Every Sunday I hope to offer you my version of the Sunday paper with articles from the past week or two, relevant or uplifitng (or both), on various issues within the special needs community. ‘High School Musical’ production takes social inclusion to new level One of the most successful Disney …
One Shoe Two Shoe Three Shoe Four…
…five shoe, six shoe, seven shoe – Heavens Sake NO MORE!!! Sounds like a cute rhyme that preschoolers say to learn their numbers but for me it was a little ditty about buying shoes for Katherine yesterday. Katherine has never been a shoe horse – when you wear an orthotic, fashion via shoes is never …
JacksLists.org
I found this blog because the mom, Nancy found me. What a blessing that was!! Nancy is mom to Jack. Jack is a child who has a visual impairment which leaves him legally blind. I’m sharing with you an comment I left on one of her blog posts because I felt the post was that …
An open letter to Ms. Curran…
This is an email I recently sent to Ms. Curran. If you are interested in contacting her yourself (as some of you who contacted me were) you can click here to send her a message. I am sure that she’ll be happy for any messages of support and thanks we send! Dear Ms. Curran, I …
One Dose of Tough Love
The past few weeks I’ve been engaging in the task of reviewing several different classes in an effort to find an appropriate high school placement for Katherine. Certainly not the first time I have had to go view multiple classroom settings. Katherine’s placements have had to change more often than I care to even think …
TiVo® Alert – The Miss USA Pageant
I am SURE you are saying are you kidding me with the Miss USA Pageant as a TiVo alert! I however think all of you with little girls may be very happy to have your daughter see Miss Iowa – Abbey Nicole Curran. She’s a beautiful, talented, intelligent, self-possessed, young lady who is competing for the …
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