Her fight, our fight: The day we met Ronda Rousey

Her fight, our fight: The day we met Ronda Rousey

It started with an intriguing title: Ronda Rousey: The World’s Most Dangerous Woman, and then a picture of a James Bond beauty type. …   Now, I normally wouldn’t click on stuff like this, but today I had a day off, the kids weren’t fighting, and I thought, okay…sure.  Let’s see.  A beautiful James Bond girl is the most dangerous woman in the world?  Sure.  Let’s read about this. And then

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Speaking in scripts with a story in her eyes

Thanks to funding from Small Steps, I have Ashlynn back in therapy with her private SLP, who is also my mentor and now friend.  The other night she was updating me on her progress and what happened in the session.  I take my daughter to her house, so occasionally her husband or dogs may walk by and apparently distract Ashlynn.  She was remarking on Ashlynn’s ability to hold a pretty

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A confession, and a hope for A

A is about to graduate from preschool tomorrow and embark on her Kindergarten experience.  She is ready and excited.  Her preschool teacher this year is retiring, and what a teacher she was!  Ashlynn mimicked and learned SO much from her.  I can’t even begin to start with all the things Ashlynn has learned.  This woman set everything to a tune paired with some large gross motor movements, and the combination

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Ignorance is bliss, but Awareness is POWER

Ignorance is bliss, but Awareness is POWER

Ignorance is bliss.  Yes, yes it is.  I can tell you this from personal experience.  If ignorance is bliss, what is hindsight?  Oh right, yes, I know.  Hindsight is 20/20, meaning looking at events afterward seem so much clearer than in the moment.  That much may be true. I was going through some old home movies.  Our 10 year wedding anniversary is coming up, and I guess I was feeling

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Word FLIPS giveaway!

Day 5 leading up to Apraxia Awareness Day on May 14th has me offering a giveaway for Word FLIPS by Super Duper Publications. Word FLIPS can be a useful and handy tool to use with kids who have apraxia.  It allows practice for simple CV syllable shapes for up to 3 repetitions.  It also allows for combining combos to form other bisyllabic words i.e. tie+knee = tiny.  I usually give

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