I’ll be honest with you. I don’t like the spotlight. I know — for someone who just accepted a Congressional award and spent a day walking the halls of Capitol Hill meeting with legislators, that might sound strange. But it’s true. I’m actually kind of shy. Being honored is not something I seek out or

When was the last time someone asked how you were doing—and you answered without immediately talking about your kids? Parenting has a way of putting us at the bottom of our own list. There are lunches to pack, appointments to remember, activities to get to, school emails to answer, work deadlines, laundry that somehow never

For most families, back to school means new backpacks, first-day photos, and the quiet relief of returning to routine. For parents of children with special needs and neurodivergent kids, it means something else entirely. It means reviewing IEPs before the school year starts and wondering if this will be the year the accommodations actually get

Last summer, I let myself feel hopeful. We hadn’t found a camp that could work for my son — not one, in years of looking. But he’s my energizer bunny. Always moving, always needing something active, something outside, something to match the sheer amount of energy he carries. I thought maybe, just maybe, the right