daMotivatedMom

Special Needs Awareness and Advocacy 

daMotivatedMom Gets Married!

daMotivatedMom Gets Married!

It was described at the best day in 2020! Carol, aka as daMotivatedMom got married to the love of her life, Leonard Simmons, in a beautiful socially distant ceremony on August 1, 2020, at the LaSalle Theatre. Family and friends enjoyed the ceremony and the reception...

You Betta Stop!

We will be reading about the year 2020 in the history books for many years to come.  What a year it has been.  It began with the tragic helicopter death of our beloved Kobe Bryant and his beautiful 13-year-old daughter Gianna (GiGi) along with their six...

Road Tripping…

Road Tripping…

Last weekend, the girls, my partner Leonard and myself embarked on a round trip 1120 mile long overdue road trip in the newly converted wheelchair accessible van to Suffolk Virginia.  I was nominated by Mrs. Edwina Wilson, CEO of Kelly's Choice Cares, to receive...

Busyness…An Addiction?

I've got about five things I want to write about, all at the same time.  My brain is on overload and I can't download it.  Is your plate sometimes so full you can't seem to shut your brain off? This has been me the past month.  Sometimes I'm even running around in my...

End of the Road

This was sent to me from a family at the nursing home where my daughter volunteers.  It is so beautiful! I am posting it with their permission.  We had to make the difficult decision for her to leave the nursing home this week because it had become too emotionally...

Ask….and you shall receive

I have recounted this story many times, every time I think about it, I get a lump in my throat and so teary eyed.  I still can’t believe how it went down. Jasmine was a fair student, sometimes I didn’t think she was challenged, other times I thought she didn’t put...

The Birth of Two Princesses

Princess: person who has great power, many possessions I recently met a twin’s mommy and we were trading war stories about being a mom of twins, the birth and all that other stuff that comes with having and raising multiples and she asked me how much my girls...

Transitioning from High School

Transitioning from school age to young adult for a student with special needs is tough. Trying to navigate the system and decide what is best takes a lot of time and a precise thought process. Should your student remain in school? For how long? Graduate?  It is a...