Over the past year, my husband and I got involved with a local organization focused on food justice in our neighborhood. The two leaders were friends who wanted to do something to make certain the local BIPOC community were set up with food to sustain themselves when the lock down was keeping some people from …
Tag: good cause
On Being an Irritant
Playing "Devil's advocate" is a skill that not everyone appreciates. It is definitely a skill that, when employed, makes some people uncomfortable. If you are someone who tends to challenge others, buck the status quo, question everything or constantly looks for opportunities for improvement, you are an irritant. A fly in the ointment. Assuming your …
The Best Advice I Ever Heard
There are definitely times I have struggled over the last year to keep writing. I am consistently plagued by voices in my head saying that I'm not contributing to society as I said I wanted to, or that there are so many people already writing more eloquently about autism, or simply that blogging is so …
Good Deeds, Self-Promotion and Autism
I had a very specific experience the other night that I would like to share with y'all. Normally, it would not occur to me to talk about myself in this way, but I'm trying to learn and grow through this pandemic so I'm trying it out. Through this post, I would like to explain some …
Leadership and Power
Leadership is not the same thing as power. What we are witnessing in the world's right now is the slow, steady recognition that, while there are people in positions of power in the country and in the world, they ARE NOT behaving as leaders. Power can present as leadership for a time, but it is …
A friend in need
I don't plan on doing this often, but I want to put out a message for a friend in need and invite anyone who reads this message to contact me if they can help. No pressure, but if we come together as a community, we can make a big difference, so please help if you …
