by Mary E. Ulrich | Jan 11, 2011
photo credit: easystand Supported Living, Assisted Living, Independent Living, Residential Services: The key to quality care is good caregivers. Dear Caregivers, It takes a special person to work with my son, Aaron, and other people with severe disabilities. Even...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Nov 9, 2010
When you fail to plan, you plan to fail. R. Schuller Dream Plan for Aaron: 1981 (Part 1) (click here) talked about Aaron when he was age 6 and Tommy age 4. In Part 2 I will talk about when Aaron was in Junior High. In 1989 Aaron was 14 and Tommy 13. In a later post, I...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Oct 28, 2010
http://www.deal.org.au/anne-mcdonald-1111961-–-2210-2010 Until Eternity When I go to a funeral for a person with a severe disability, there is always someone who thinks they are helping by saying: “She is no longer suffering–even if the person wasn’t...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Oct 15, 2010
Drinking Beer and the Dignity of Risk Above is a picture of Aaron drinking a “cold one.” He’s 35 years old–so he’s well past the drinking age. But is this right? Beer and Spaghetti The only time my husband drinks beer is when we have...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Sep 24, 2010
photo credit: KlemenRobnik As promised in Day 3 of the blogging challenge: “Turning it over to the professionals”– here is the slimy squiggly creature that crawls up necks.) The Host Like most people, I read The Host because it was written by...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Sep 24, 2010
Day 4 of the 30-Day-Every-Day Blogging Challenge has been a challenge indeed. Sorry to everyone who got bombarded by 17 posts about “Memory Rocks”. I wasn’t really throwing rocks and boulders at you:) Becke wondered if there was an avalanche; Ana...