We live in a time where social media has an overwhelming impact on society. The positives and negatives could be debated forever – it’s impossible to choose a side because, the fact of the matter is, there’s always both.
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Goin’ Up the Country: Road Trip #2, Part II
In the second week of our second cross-country road trip, we traveled up the eastern coast, from Key West back home to New York.
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Goin’ Down the Country: Road Trip #2, Pt I
After taking a road trip, it’s impossible to get in your car and not want to just go. To head to a different state. To explore. To see something new. Knowing you don’t need a ticket, or reservations, or plans… You could just go.
Except that being an adult sort of gets in your way.
So, my husband & I suffocated a whole year before my glorious two-week Spring Break came and we took off again! Having conquered the West, our next goal was to head as far south we could: Key West.
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How to Address Someone (with a disability)
Half the reason I became a high school teacher is to do my part in reducing the number of ignorant adults in this world.
My students knew, probably because I repeatedly told them, that my primary goal was to make sure they were good human beings. Of course I cared if they could analyze fiction, but the point in learning that is so they could analyze real people and events.
You’d be surprised at the number of adults who can do no such thing. Who don’t analyze situations before speaking. Who see someone with a disability and take staring to a whole new level.
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Five Items that make Life Easier
Life with a disability is tough; I really can’t sugarcoat it.
I have a tendency of doing half-chores: dishes will stay in the dishwasher, laundry in the dryer… I am unbelievably lucky to have a husband to literally help me live. I think I could get by unassisted, but every second would be overwhelming and exhausting.
However, if you want items to make days easier, do I have some personal recommendations for you! Behold five things I use on an almost-daily basis to do just that…