I am Blessed

Have you ever tried to exercise your face? Over the last three years while waiting for the facial nerves to regenerate I’ve had the pleasure of figuring this out. Given that some of the facial muscles have not been able to work at all during these three years they are terrible ‘out of shape’. Over…

Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday. I love that it’s about family and friends being together. Over the years we have had some amazing ones as I had a tendency to invite everybody and their brother. This year was especially wonderful as all except one of my siblings were able to gather at my…

For many years I worked as a computer scientist. In general through school and work I was treated the same as the guys. In school there was the occasionally teacher that was a bit more lenient because they appreciated my legs. There was also the occasional one that was downright nasty because I had the…

As my husband is a few years older than I we had always known at some point I would be his caregiver. Little did we expect it would happen the other way first. He has been amazing through all of the surgeries; by my side all the way. After we’d transition to home he’d be…

I have never been a dog person. In fact, as a child, I was deathly afraid of dogs. My grandma had a dog, Rusty, that I would quiver and hide behind a parent until he was locked away. The story is a cat got in my playpen as an infant, and more likely it was…

Wow. Three days later and i still tear up. Last week I was in Brazil for the WIAL Global conference. Friday as the conference was coming to the close and I was starting to think about heading to the airport the following video was played.