The bravest people I know are children surviving the behavior of selfish adults. The bravest people I know are children who try to offer forgiveness in scenarios where "adults" like me simply cannot. The bravest people I know are children who admit they are afraid and ask for help. The bravest people I know are…
Embrace the Mess, Brave Girl
I hate messes. I avoid them if at all possible. I like to walk on the beach, but I have a process for doing so because I don't like wet sand that gets on clothes and between toes and then into a car that then needs to be vacuumed. I am not a great cook,…
Life Goes On, Fite Girl
Remember that show in the 1980s called Life Goes On? Patti Lupone was the Mom, a young Kelly Martin played her daughter and a young Chris Burke played her son Corky (the first actor with Down Syndrome that I remember being on TV). The intro to that show was a little jingle that went something…
Here’s Your Proof, Brave Girl
Yesterday, I signed the name Beth Ranee Dembitz for the last time. And I had this crazy thought that the person with that name is a stranger to me. I am no longer her. She is no longer me. I've spent a lot of time in the last year thinking about the fact that the…
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