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Author Archives: Michelle O'Neil
Sailing Aboard Winifred, St. Thomas
Admit it. I look kind of sexy in this snorkel mask, don’t I? Pretty sure it’s the noodle giving me maximum coolness. I’ll get to that later. Diana, (the statuesque woman shown below) organized a private sailboat tour for the day our cruise … Continue reading
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Quite Possibly the Most Beautiful Blog Post I Have Ever Come Across
I have a friend whose son has Down Syndrome (Note the spelling, okay? Many who have kids with Down Syndrome are sick of people erroneously calling it Down’s Syndrome. They don’t have “Down’s” kids. It is “Down” no “s” Syndrome, capiche’)? Wow! … Continue reading
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Great Lakes Unity Music Conference
Unity Center in Cleveland Heights is hosting what is sure to be an inspiring music conference May 5,6,& 7. Ricky Byars Beckwith and Tim McAfee Lewis from the Agape International Spiritual Center in Culver City, California will be leading the gathering. If you are … Continue reading
Good Men (no fooling)
Forgot to post this. The night of the school dance, I got the kids in the car, then realized I forgot my camera. I went back inside to get it, and came out to find this little man, attempting to scrape my windows. … Continue reading
I Have Something to Tell You
Raise your hand if you’ve ever had unprotected sex. I have. Even when I knew better. Even when I really knew better. When I was in my early twenties, I was “big sister” to a toddler through The Pediatric AIDS Foundation. She … Continue reading
The Fashion Police
So this is my new favorite t-shirt. I got it at Target. I thought the image was interesting, and it was on sale for just four bucks! Plus, it is the softest cotton I have ever felt. HT is a … Continue reading
Judith and Joy
This is Judith. This is Joy. Joy is from Memphis, Judith lives in Connecticut. They both are happily married to wonderful men, who respect their interest in the teachings of Abraham, but aren’t passionately immersed in it themselves. Therefore, they like to … Continue reading
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Chloe Knits
Chloe is a 19 year old young woman with Asperger’s. She has a service dog named Indy. Though we’ve never met in person, I feel very connected to her, and her mom Mary, both of whom read this blog. Chloe recently made her local paper … Continue reading
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We interrupt this barrage of cruise related posts to bring you even more fun!
Goal Achieved. *Seth doing Superman/Soulja Boy at last night’s school dance. Back in Jan. I wrote this post. Our kids take a therapeutic dance class. Seth does not really need the “therapeutic” part, but he joins along. Our goal was for Riley to … Continue reading
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The Piano Bar, Lou Holtz and Me
My boyfriend went to Notre Dame. We were super close for our last year of high school and all through college. Notre Dame was his life. Getting in. Being part of that prestigious institution. He was CRAZY about the football team, … Continue reading
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Piya
Meet Piya (pronounced, Pia). The second night of the trip, she sat down at our dinner table and though we’d been having fun, everything got a bit more fun. She’s lovely, and refined, with a bit of an edge. For … Continue reading
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Ed
On the plane ride to Ft. Lauderdale I met the coolest guy. We blabbed like a couple of little girls for hours, talking about everything! What a story he has. He and his partner were either the first, or one of … Continue reading
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Rocking the Cello
She loves her cello, but sometimes Riley does not want to practice. It isn’t that she doesn’t want to play, but with autism transitions are especially difficult. Stop doing this to do that? It is overwhelming to her. But then, the cello might … Continue reading
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Meeting Michael Monroe
Back in December I got an e-mail from Peter Beamish, director of The Secret Behind the Secret (I’m on his mailing list). He sends announcements of new videos he’s released, etc. Either that, or I was looking at Peter’s site, www.aura.ca, … Continue reading
I’m baaaack!
Got in a few hours ago. I had a wonderful time. Two days ago I was swimming and somersaulting, riding the beautiful blue waves pictured above, singing at the top of my lungs out in the ocean because no one could hear … Continue reading
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Not Back to School Camp
Homeschooling is going really well. We’re still kind of finding our way, and sometimes fear creeps in, but every time I start to doubt I meet kids who are being homeschooled and, well, I really like them. They are articulate. They are smart. They are well … Continue reading
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How Soap Works, According to Seth
“Soap makes your hands slippery to the germs and they slide right off.”
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Courage is Contagious
We are very much social creatures who model ourselves on one another. Every time you take a step and walk with your fear, you’ll never know the impact. But you can be certain somebody’s watching, and that courage is contagious. … Continue reading
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A Positively Cool Video
You might already know I’m the stalker fan devoted publicist of young adult author Courtney Sheinmel, but don’t hold that against her. Check out the new video for her latest book, Positively! It was made by a librarian. In my book, (heh-heh, get it? My book) … Continue reading
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