When Switched at Birth first aired in 2011, I was immediately hooked. It features the twists and turns of two families whose daughters were switched at birth, hence the title. What most intrigued me was that one of the core teens in the show is deaf. Since my daughter, Sienna, is hearing impaired. She can [...]
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We had the pleasure of attending a gifting suite at The Golden Globes in Hollywood! It was so much fun! We met several celebrities, had our pictures taken with them and enjoyed showing them Sienna’s Locket. They loved it! As a dwarf, Sienna deals with feeling like she looks like a young child and not [...]
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As a young girl, I loved to write and was apparently good at it. Writing seemed to just come easily to me. I would often times—and still do—find myself waking in the middle of the night to record or write down what I had just literally “written” in my sleep. When I was growing up, [...]
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Special-Needs Challenge Day!! Yesterday was our local Specially Challenged, Challenge Day. It’s always such an amazing event. The Special Olympics lends the torch for the children to carry and the students get Special Olympics medals after their events. The day always begins with the students running through a giant blow up mascot like the football [...]
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I recently asked readers what questions they might have. Here are two great questions: 1. What advice would you give on how curb their (children) curiosity without coming off as being rude or disrespectful? For the most part, we can tell when people are asking out of curiosity and have no disdain in their hearts. [...]
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Sienna spent her first week at an overnight camp this week. I was a little nervous. She was excited. The camp is a camp for special children and one of her good friends was going to be there. We packed up her suitcase. I, being the somewhat retentive person I am, packed her clothes [...]
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