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Sally C.

I am a mother raising Maggie, my teenaged daughter with severe dsabilities and medical issues. The blog is simply about Maggie's life given these challenges and how that impacts our family in both good and bad wways. We definitely have a glass half full attitude and all of us, including Maggie,... Full Bio
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Perking along by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities You too can enjoy the “perks” of the disabled!! All it takes is about $1300 and a complete lack of morals and grace. The parking is great too! I read  this ... Read on »
Special Olympics pictures by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Special Olympics was last Friday. I promised more pictures and haven't had two minutes to post them. Finally, here they are. This particular Special Olympics is for the k ... Read on »
Mothers and Mondays by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Monday again. How does that keep happening? I hope everyone had a lovely Mother's Day. I did. Steve got up to take over for the nurse letting me "sleep in."  Of course I ... Read on »
Special Olympics by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities This may get posted twice.  I wrote it from my phone but it didn't post and it's floating out there in the blogosphere somewhere. I'm trying again. Today is Special Olymp ... Read on »
Kiss a Nurse! by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Today is the beginning of National Nurses Week. It is a time to recognize and appreciate the unsung heroes who do the lion's share of the work and get relatively small recog ... Read on »
Mall withdrawal by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities This broken foot is really slowing me down. It hasn't really been painful so I just went about my regular activities. Perhaps walking 12 blocks on Friday wasn't that good of ... Read on »
Belated Prom report by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Maggie looked like a princess at the prom. Her dress was like a cloud. She was excited to get dressed and excited to go. She dutifully posed for the pre prom pictures with d ... Read on »
Maggie's world BLOOMS! by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Maggie's prom dress is featured in BLOOM today, which is a wonderful blog about parenting kids with disabilities and a great resource for many other blogs check it out! I ... Read on »
Cinderella's going to the BALL! by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Tonight is the PROM!! Maggie is very excited. She has been putting it on her talker and could not sleep a wink last night. It is so sweet. As in other years, I ... Read on »
Prom dress reveal by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Tomorrow night is Maggie's prom. She is beyond excited. Her personally designed new dress should come today.  This is the dress that Anne Marie Hanley made specially for Mag ... Read on »
Graduation Picture!! by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities There are few pictures more important than one's high school graduation picture. It is a formal shot taken as one stands on the threshold of adulthood. Many of us cringe whe ... Read on »
Hanging with Joni and Vince by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities The logistics of arranging  four days away are daunting, but doable.  It was worse last year when I was trying this for the fist time because I was convinced it could not be ... Read on »
Toddlin Town by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Our brief getaway to Chicago was great. The weather was cold and the wind was blowing, but we really had fun. I just wore everything I owned and kept moving.  Of course ... Read on »
The Notebook by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities I love The Notebook.  No, not the movie. It's an actual notebook. I think I bought it at Christmastime when I was shopping for others. That's the only time I really "s ... Read on »
Catching up and checking out. by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Halloooo out there. Sorry for the delay. All is well, it's just been CRAAAAZY busy around here. Over the weekend Maggie's private designer, Anne Marie came with the fi ... Read on »
Muni Madness by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Maggie and her classmate were unable to board the L Taraval yesterday because the driver refused to move the streetcar a few feet so that the wheelchair ramp w ... Read on »
Noise from the past by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Hello out there. I've been buried under work and spring break and Easter and everything, but I have now come up for air. Hope all is well in your world. Last week an old ... Read on »
Spring Break 2013 by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Spring Break is already half over and I haven't even complained yet! I must be losing my touch. Actually, we have been very busy girls, and that is the key to keeping Maggie ... Read on »
Ahead of the curve by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities Maggie, like many of her disabled peers, is ahead of the curve in so many ways.  She is the product of advanced medicine, alive and thriving in a world that doesn't ... Read on »
Growing up and ditching mom by Sally C. Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities I had a bit of an epiphany the other day. Usually i am stressing about how tied down i am. Finally i started looking at it from another angle and i realized its Maggie that ... Read on »