TO ALL MISSOURI LEGISLATORS

Please don't forget about the elderly in long-term-care communities. Please don't forget the disabled community in Missouri.  We vote. We contribute to our community. We are of value. 

 

A STAYCATION AND GRIEF'S EXPERATION DATE

I'd love to visit a winery. Good food, beautiful scenery, and let's not forget the wine. I want to feel free for a day.
 

There is no expiration to grieving. That being said, I also think that taking time to grieve and reflect shows respect to the person who has passed.

ALL KINDS OF TOPICS

 

I think these two posts cover everything. What do you think?

SIXTY-EIGHT TRIPS AROUND THE SUN

My maternal grandmother was seventy when I was born. Just two years older than I will be in a few days.  When I was a child, seventy seemed an ancient age. It doesn't seem old at all now. Funny how that works, isn't it?

 

CAREGIVING IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

Caregivers. Your job is an important one. Your job is not about you. It is about making the lives of those you care for better. Happier. Caregiving is about communication and respect for both caregiver and client.  Without that, the relationship is destined to fail.

Never tell your client you are a caregiver for the money, even if that's true.  Clients sense things, even non-verbal clients. Care is the first part of the word caregiver, so it's assumed.

Caregiving is messy, intrusive, and downright gross, but without caregivers, millions of people could not live full and productive lives.

Caregiving is the most difficult but rewarding job a person can have.

It's not for the faint of heart.

 

MATT RIFE'S COMEDY BRINGS INCLUSION TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL

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Matt Rife's comedy is vulgar and peppered with tons of profanity. No one is safe from being roasted by him, not even people with disabilities. I have watched all of his specials on Netflix and YouTube. His remarks come from a place of love and acceptance. He wants to make people happy.  People with disabilities love to be roasted by him. I call his humor filth with a heart. He talks to his audience in a way that makes them feel as though they are talking to a friend.  He doesn't see a disability, just a person.

Thank you, Matt, for including everyone. And I mean everyone.

I BET YOU CAN'T TOP THIS

 The comments people have made to me. The things that have happened to me are sometimes unbelievable . 

WHAT'S THE DEAL?

I am so tired of race, religion, and ethnicity being factors in acceptance.  Wake up, everyone. There are many times I am embarrassed to be white. The white race is no better than any other race. 

This administration has made being white something to be ashamed of.  I am a woman with a disability. According to our administration, I am not worth much. 

 #handsoff #resist Take our country back.

LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM AND MORE

April is Autism Awareness Month. In this video, I discuss my experience teaching a young adult with autism and share more insights.