HEY FRIENDS. There are a few unchanging truths about me as a human being: I love Stephen Colbert Yes, I want to see a picture of your golden retriever puppy, did you really have to ask? I hate exercise Here’s the catch about me and exercise, though: I’ll do it for a good reason. Usually,… Continue reading I’m doing what I hate… for charity!!!
Author: Shannon
I went to the mountains
Last April I went to the mountains (well, the valleys) of Utah, where I spent my childhood summers for some R & R with family. And then I got violently ill. * I went to Utah to recharge. I started up Round 2 of TMS last October and even though things were going well in… Continue reading I went to the mountains
That time I went to a Joint Session of Congress
A month ago, I had one of those big nights you remember forever. I’ve felt nervous writing my recap blog—I wanted to do it justice—but I realized I’ve worked myself into so much of a tizzy that I haven’t written anything at all now because I’m in a writing paralysis. (Isn’t it fun being perpetually… Continue reading That time I went to a Joint Session of Congress
The Women’s March on Washington and why I wish I could be there
I can’t march at the Women’s March tomorrow, even though I’m only an hour or so away from Washington D.C. Not because I don’t want to. No, I desperately want to. As a little girl, feminism meant my mom was having her Mormon Feminist Book Group over and they were going to laugh and be… Continue reading The Women’s March on Washington and why I wish I could be there
The ADA is a right, no matter what state you’re in
This is not a blog post about dysautonomia. This is political, and if that upsets you, I’m only a little sorry. There aren’t words to describe how upset it makes me when I watch an Education Secretary Nominee say that complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal civil rights law, should be left… Continue reading The ADA is a right, no matter what state you’re in