by Laurie Coldwell | Oct 7, 2020 | Blog
CANDLE IN THE WIND 2017 Marco Orlando No amount of mentally preparing myself could ever be enough for a moment like this. It was the furthest thing from my mind. From the moment news first broke of her untimely passing to the moment I arrived to the service, walking...
by Laurie Coldwell | Sep 23, 2020 | Blog
KEEP STEPPING Marco Orlando Many of us have probably been asked what we wanted to be when we grow up, some of us more than once, and even long after we’ve been out of school. But it’s okay if we don’t always have that part figured out yet, no matter where we are in...
by Laurie Coldwell | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog
DRIVE AND AMBITION Marco Orlando I have always taken great pleasure in doing things that I didn’t think I could do before, in doing things that other people tell me I can’t do or shouldn’t be able to do. It makes me even happier when I see other people with...
by Laurie Coldwell | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
THE HEALING POWERS OF PETS Marco Orlando I didn’t really grow up around other companion animals much when I was young. My parents and I grew up poor, and our living situation didn’t really allow for that to happen. It wasn’t until I was in high school that my...
by Laurie Coldwell | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog
MENDING THE BROKEN TOYS Marco Orlando No one likes being made to feel like there’s something “wrong” with them, or that they need to be “fixed.” It doesn’t feel good when people think of us as “broken toys.” Yet for so many of us with a disability, it almost feels...