A Community of Can (Can You Imagine?)
What does a community of CAN look like? To me, it looks like encouraging people to contribute to their community with their unique talents and skill sets
5 Songs to Encourage Your Bless-ed Adventures
It’s my birthday week and I’m contemplative. Having an August birthday comes with the “end of summer” and always feels a little like Lana’s, that “Summertime Sadness.” You know, melancholy with a touch of let’s-live-while-we-can feeling. (Plus it has the line, “You’re the best, baby” which, of course, makes me think Marcus wrote bits of it.)
Last year my birthday gift to me was a day cleared for The Innocent Prince, a day of writing in my favorite writing places. I wish
Can a Person with Down Syndrome win a Tony Award?
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“What is your goal?”
The keynote speaker, Dakota Johns, asked in his speech, then he asked us to share this goal with those sitting around us. One person at our table said, “To write a book,” another said, “Take a family vacation.” My son, Marcus, said, “To win a Tony Award.”
This is the first I’ve heard Marcus articulate this specific goal, although it didn’t surprise me. It may have surprised the others at the table. Then again maybe not, because Dakota Johns, the young man giving the keynote