Tag: Inclusion

  • The Heartbreak and Dignity of Risk

    The Heartbreak and Dignity of Risk

    It’s hard watching your child struggle, knowing you can’t protect them from every hurt. But that’s the heart of motherhood—trusting that risk, failure, and even heartbreak are what shape our kids into who they’re meant to be. There’s dignity in risk. And maybe, just maybe, this transition will be what…

  • The Real Goal

    Today, Sienna and I walked the halls of her outpatient therapy center again.It’s a place that holds nearly a decade of memories—milestones, breakthroughs, battles.It’s seen us warrior through the messiness of progress. So I don’t know why I was surprised when the emotions hit hard today.But they did. Because here’s…

  • When the Crowd Goes Quiet

    When the Crowd Goes Quiet

    At one point on this journey, I found myself deep in an advocacy effort alongside a younger mom—newer to the world of disability rights, but fierce, brilliant, and already exhausted by the weight of this fight. We were trying to create real change. The kind that disrupts power structures. The…