The world is an extra crazy place right now. Watching the news creates as much anxiety in my heart, as teaching and working from home has the last two and a half months. However, for as high strung as I tend to be as a teacher and mom, trying to do it all from home… Continue reading Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog, June 10, 2020: “The Power of Dadding During Stay at Home 2.0”
We have done more family bike rides this spring than all of last summer combined given we are home, and cycling is a nice form of exercise for us to do as a family, Geoff included. We are also able to do this socially distancing with the four grandparents, who are still patiently awaiting a… Continue reading Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog, June 12, 2020: “Adaptive Sports in the Summer of Covid 19”
Geoff and I celebrated our thirteenth wedding anniversary on June 23. Our family clearly loves the spring wedding anniversary with Geoff’s sister and husband celebrating theirs on June 6, his parents on June 15, my parents May 31, and my brother and wife on June 17. This spring we also tested negative for COVID-19 and… Continue reading Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog, June 23, 2020, “The Power of the Parade”
My friend Katie and I took our collective four children to the Parker Mountain Pump Track with our mountain bikes on a recent adventure. Where my newfound confidence came from, I’m not quite sure; however, at some point, I ended on my back after bouncing off a few rocks with different body parts, leaving my… Continue reading Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog, July 8, 2020: “When Support Comes in Friends, Duct Tape, and Fishing Line”
I came home from a long walk with a friend to find my husband and dog in this hammock predicament. Emerson our dogs face tells me this was not his idea, nor does he really know how it even happened in the first place. Further, now that it has happened, he isn’t sure how to… Continue reading Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog, July 23, 2020: “Heard of the Have a Hammock Trap?”
This year we celebrate 30 years of progress in access and inclusion and the anniversary of theAmericans with Disabilities Act passing into law. However, as important as this legislation was at the time of its inception, I had no idea. I had no idea about a lot of things back then. Little did I know how… Continue reading Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog, July 25, 2020: “The Coming of Age of ADA: Happy 30th!”
Dear Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I wanted you to know this is the mask I’m wearing on my first day of school next week as we return to the classroom for the first time since March when COVID took over the universe. Clearly, you don’t know me, but I wanted you to know… Continue reading A Letter to the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on this 100th Anniversary of our 19th Amendment (8.18.1920 in case you weren’t sure)
Yesterday, we went for a bike ride through our small town here in the mountains. We picked up our young American born Jamaican friend who moved here from Texas with his mom and dad when he was two. The boys were riding on the sidewalks, hopping on and off the curb, and I said to… Continue reading Let’s be “Radically Pro-Kids”: Tap the Glass and Talk to Each Other
During our daily pandemic pandemonium, it is clear that not every week of homeschooling and teaching from home is good. Actually, most of them are not, but this week was extra not good. Now that the weekend is here, I can finish cleaning up the bird poop and feathers all over the walls of our… Continue reading That Night I Caught a Bird Inside my House
When we read our friend Danny Bourassa’s obituary today to our children, our 10 year son asked with full sincerity, “Does this mean we should keep feeding Danny’s chipmunks?” We laughed and said no; Danny’s chipmunks were fully independent feeders now. But a few weeks into our “Stay at Home” orders, I discovered, while raking,… Continue reading Spring Days Thinking of Daffodils and Danny Bourassa…
