Life’s Palette Blog
Life’s Palette is a space for sharing my personal stories and reflections. I have also included journal articles and media pieces that I have contributed to. All my writings are about my life, my caregiving journey, connections to others and the struggles faced in this chaotic world.
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Love, Loss and Resilience
World Down Syndrome Day can highlight the beauty of inclusion and the victories of advocacy.
Deconstructing Value
Now, in midlife I find myself standing in the rubble of the expectations and promises of my early years.
From Darkroom to Digital
When I was in high school I bought a second hand camera and joined the yearbook committee as a photographer.
Our beds are burning
We are just sitting by holding our breath and waiting for policy makers to make the bold moves necessary to stop our beautiful world from burning.
Charcoal Dust and Pencil Shavings
Dozens of papers, layers of ink, pools of paint, clouds of charcoal dust, mounds of pencil shavings and eight months later, the first part of my art school journey is over.
Tell me who you are
My first etching on a zinc plate.
And reflections on delivering ACT to siblings
Apprenticing in the art of the pause
One day in the pandemic I woke up exhausted and suffering.