It has definitely been a much happier week for me with the regards of what happened prior to me, returning back over to the elementary school this coming year. I am incredibly grateful for the many people who have continued to watch out for me every week, and I feel so blessed to be back at a place where I can reconnect with my former students. I have loved being a part of this wonderful school for the past seven years and getting the chance to learn from the teachers that I have had the privilege to work with has been nothing short of a dream come true!!! Over these many years, they have taught me so much more than I ever thought was possible for an individual like myself who has the struggles they have and feel so immensely blessed by their goodness/examples to me!!! Stay tuned later on for more updates and stories throughout this school year to come in the many months/weeks ahead!!!! :)
Self Advocacy Speakers Network - Third Presentation: SDM
NEXT MONTH---I will be doing a another presentation with this remarkable network and sharing my message of hope with so many people around our state of Utah. We are going to be presenting to a group of staff at one of the many independent living centers in Salt Lake City, Utah at 9AM and cannot wait to let them know what it is that we do to make our voices heard despite what many other people think. I'm super thrilled to be a part of this network and having the chance-- to learn so many things from them as well as what it is we are going to share with them. I know it has been such a long time since I last presented this subject to a group of people just like myself who need to be educated on various things that are important to us each and everyday!!!
New Era Article - February 2011
As many of you know this article came out in the New Era Magazine several years ago, and it was supposed to be about the first year of when my older sister created her Special Needs Ballroom Event. All of us who were participating got interviewed by this intern for the magazine and asked us various questions--- specifically on how this event truly came to be what it is today. I definitely shared a lot more information during those interviews than what you'd probably see inside of the article, but it was such a treat getting to feel somewhat or if not kinda "famous" for a period of time!!! And if you would like me to autograph it for anyone of you reading through this blog post, I would be more than happy to do that at any given moment ;) It is truly such an incredible article and one that I'll admit will or maybe not bring a happy tear to your eye for some reason or other.
Other Life Update:
One of the many life updates that I have continued to neglect sharing on my blog for quite awhile and just never really knew how to explain it. I know for a lot of people it is truly just the most thrilling announcement somebody can make and have this thrill of excitement inside them, but for me I am still trying to figure this stuff out in my mind for the next little while. I've been volunteering at a local elementary school for the past seven years and a person like me whose absolutely loved it more than anything in this world, you would think for me that can be a very simple adjustment for me to not feel uncomfortable with. I definitely know that after hearing people tell me just the experience of what it is really like and how great I will be than there is no other choice left, expect to just slowly begin changing my attitude about it and just go along with it. In other words, I am going to be an aunt in the spring of 2018 and to be honest about all of this-- I can't really find the words to know what to say/feel/understand/respond or think in just how much fun this experience is going to be. I know it seems like such a big transition for me right now and then once it gets closer, I will probably have a better idea of things and just realizing that this isn't what I had expected to hear... because after seeing my older sister married for six years that they would already have kids by now. I am fairly certain things will get easier as time goes on and trying not to overthink everything in my head or else it could easily become a lot harder than it really should be. #HopeForTheBest
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