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One more follow up to my last story about my dear friend who has passed. You can read about that here: Under the Influence. Goodbye Sarah. RIP Many highschool friends, most highschool friends, remain just that. Friends you had in highschool. But sometimes, if you’re lucky, one of your highschool friends turns out to be a sister. As it turned out, I was one of those lucky people. When the
A departure post from apraxia, but I would be remiss if I never publicly wrote about the death of one of my best friends. Today, January 20th 2016 I received this text: “She is dead!!!” What did you think when you read that? Then you can’t even imagine what I thought. That “she” is my best friend since I was 14. I’m 35. That means that “she” was a girl
When I worked in Denver schools early on in my speech therapy career, I became numb to the phrase, “Thank you so much. Thank you for everything.” The parents were soooo grateful for my help, and I didn’t understand. It was my job. “You don’t have to thank me,” I would reply. “Is there anything else I can do? Any other goals you would like to be written?” The response
At the risk of turning off people with another Ronda Rousey post, I debated not writing this. However, I’m a writer, and in times of thought and reflection, a writer must write. I was more than shocked to realize not everyone shared my same vision and hope from my Ronda Rousey story. I guess I was naive. Either way, I started to feel down but then I realized something. I
When I first started in the field, I actually had not set out to be an SLP. It seems crazy to me now since I can’t imagine doing anything else, and it seems especially crazy since I not only think about speech everyday, but I think about apraxia even more. If I’m not thinking about apraxia or something apraxia related, it doesn’t last long. No, I was working at a