Will you push me, Mama?
I thought about how swings go up and down and up and down and how Ashlynn smiles and giggles through it all. I thought about how swings are a lot like life in that way.
0906, 2019
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0111, 2018
Thank you for choosing me to be your mom
It’s Halloween, 2018. You are a freshly turned nine-year old. You are 9 years old. My mind immediately repeats a phrase from my dad, “Mr. Baskall, here’s your little baby girl.” I remember I would roll my eyes and scoff at him. “Ugh dad!” I would lament as he looked at me with eyes brimming with pride. I don’t have any words to describe or memorialize your entrance into this
1308, 2018
This school year, teach your children to be kind.
This year as you talk to you children about their new teacher, new classroom, and new adventures, I beg you to talk to your kids about being kind. I beg you to explain to your child that children with disabilities are just like them, but it might take a little longer to understand or get to know them. If nothing else though, please just teach your children to be kind. Maybe ask about something they did that was kind alongside your questions of who they played with or what they learned.