I entered this field with some goals. One is to get people living in institutions into the community. In those days, the primary goals were to promote achievement that would…

Every year, my grandmother would buy petunias, which were always in the same three colors: red, white, and blue-purple. She would carefully place them around the yard, always in the…

In this series, we explore movement — expanding beyond where we are to grow and taking opportunities when we have space, like plants that get a bigger pot. Recently, a…

At my last job, the company designed the month of December to be a catch-up month, where employees would have to participate in various trainings. There would be a series…

In today’s world, most of us have a GPS in some form or another, whether in the car or on your phone. These apps are designed to help guide us…

This week, I began listening to Broadway tunes on my Amazon music, and I keep getting random songs in a shuffle. What I wanted, by the way, was 1776 the…

Everyone knows I started working for KenCrest in 1977 as a Direct Support Professional (DSP). Fresh from college, I worked at the original KenCrest location on 2nd and Susquehanna. It…

If you are a country music fan, you may have started humming the Tim McGraw song Humble and Kind, after reading the title of this post. One of the biggest delights…

The world is composed of safe and unsafe places, so where you live matters. If you live in an unsafe area, you may learn to live in fear. Fear has…

I am a big fan of inspirational messages, I’m sure it goes back to growing up spending time with my grandmother who loved one liners! She gave me a book…

Last week, I had the opportunity to tell people a little about my life story. It was a tough conversation since I don’t like to talk about myself. I want…

A few weeks ago, our son called to say he had just seen the new Dune movie in an IMAX® Theater. When I suggested to my husband we could just…