How Much Is Enough?

Today was the first of two days of reorganization of our garage and closets.  Well, let me be clear, the job will not be finished in 2 days, but I hope to have made significant headway.  So far I have multiple bags of clothing and household items to take to the next...

Philadelphia Tragedy: A Call to Action

Generally I work hard to write about topics that I feel passionate about but are not controversial.  In fact Jerry has often referred to me as “Switzerland” because I can tend to see and support both sides of a story.  Oh, don’t get me wrong –...

The Burden of my Purse

My purse . . . yes it’s big, and usually heavy.  I think it comes from years of managing group homes and carrying “everything for everybody” when we traveled; or maybe that is just a convenient excuse.  Regardless, it is often a point of conversation...

It’s All About the Eggs (Not!)

Yesterday was our (Joni and Friends Greater Philadelphia and Rockhill Mennonite Church) Easter Egg Hunt.  If not the slowest Easter Egg Hunt in history, it has to be in the top 10.  I absolutely LOVE this day.I think it was about 10 or 12 years ago when one of our...

Reflections on Disability and Vegas Part 2

Note:  If you have not yet read part 1 of this post, you can read it here.In my last post I shared a couple of my ponderings about the Global Access Conference we attended last week.  There is so much more that I could say about that, but maybe another day.  For now I...