

Education and Opportunity
This day two years ago, changed the course of my life!!! I had quietly told a friend in February of 2015, I wanted to go back to school and get my PhD. I researched schools and George Mason had a program in Early Childhood Education/Early Childhood Special Education. Exactly what I wanted to study. However, the deadline for applications had been a few days before, on February 1st and the school would not be accepting applications again until September. So, I put that thought


It takes a village...to raise a mommy...
Today I thank God for Parents' Place in Pacific Grove, CA. As a new mommy of a 4 week old...I was utterly exhausted and I felt nothing like myself, I was a Stay at Home Mom and SDK and I were stuck in the house everyday. Other than love him, feed him, and keep him clean I really didn't know what to do with him. I was a little afraid of how I was feeling so I made an appointment with my primary care physician. After I explained to him how my body and mind were feeling. He resp


My Purpose...My Mission...Celebrate All Children
In late March 2013, I took a then kindergarten SDK to his first day of Spring Break camp. By the end of the second day, he told me he didn’t want to go back. When I asked him why. He said he had no friends and no one would play with him. In that moment, as a mommy, I had a decision to make. 1) Keep my baby home and close to me... 2) Send him to camp anyway (It WAS pricey and already paid for)... or 3) Pack a lunch, accompany him to camp, and investigate. I chose 3. I didn’t w