Today I made the dreaded trip to get Josh, Alyssa, and Liz school shoes. I absolutely hate shoe shopping with kids. It never goes smoothly and it usually requires me to have more than one margarita before it is over. (Ju…

I had to think about this for a few days. The feature on momaroo the other day about keeping or aborting a child that you knew would have a disability obviously hit close to home for me. I commented quite a few times, bu…

Now Sarah; just a few months ago I was singing your praises after you admitted something pretty difficult at a conference. You spoke honestly about your feelings when first hearing of your son's diagnosis of Down syndrom…

Okay guys, this morning I think it was apparent that that one innocent comment really got under my skin. Again, I realize the person meant no harm, but it really got me to thinking how little we as a society know when it…

Yep, I finally figured it out. It stands for Individual Family Service Plan. We have these meeting twice a year to determine what services Emily needs and what our goals are for the next six months.I love her social work…