The Race For Grace

What I failed to understand as I get more exposure to charity events, is the relentless dedication of volunteers.  It takes commitment and devotion to pull off a successful fund raising event.  My past experiences with fundraisers has been that I pretty much just showed up, ran the race or wrote out a check. 
When I [...]

MDA Summer Camp

I was lucky enough to spend an afternoon at the Arizona MDA Summer Camp last week.  VMI as a corporation gives all charitable donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Association and has been for over 10 years.  VMI employees work closely with the local Phoenix MDA office for special events and fund raising activities.  When they [...]

An Interview with Tara

When I started to think about the article for Exceptional Parent and what I was going to write about, it seemed overwhelming; only because there is so much to write about when we think of Grace.   Luckily, Tara and David do not need yet a wheelchair accessible van yet, so I didn’t want to focus the [...]

How Do You Do It?

This seems like a completely random subject for a post, but part of the beauty of having your own blog is that you can satisfy random thoughts such as this.  Who I am specifically targeting with this question, “How do you do it?” is parents of children with disabilities.   I was approached by my boss this [...]

To Parents of Children who have Special Needs

I just spent a week back in wonderful Rhode Island visiting my family and friends.  These visits home are always filled with emotion, joy, fun and most of all reflection.  When you only see your parents once a year, it is strange to see how much they’ve aged.  I often wonder how much longer we [...]

Do You Know Someone Like Grace?

It’s going to be difficult to write this post because there are so many things to write about, so many emotions, so many stories and countless lives affected, all because of Grace. Grace has Rett Syndrome. If you are like most of us, you don’t know what Rett Syndrome is and have never heard of [...]