Author Archives: loverollson

When Help Just isn’t Working: Letting Go Our Personal Care Assistant

  So today was not a fun day. We had to have a discussion with Barton’s morning personal care assistant, and in the end, we parted ways. It’s a bittersweet decision because we had worked so hard to get morning … Continue reading

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Rediscovering the Fire

Throughout the weekend, I saw the excitement and inspiration return to Barton’s eyes. He was on fire. He had found this space that encouraged and inspired him, pushed him further into new areas, redefining and introduced him to new skills, and a foundation and framework to work within. As one of the instructors said, he had come home. Continue reading

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Conversations With my Father

Both Barton and I have said if we ever have a daughter and she does that, her fiancé might face more than just a few questions. Continue reading

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Speaking In the West Virginia Hills

Our breakout sessions got a bit more nitty-gritty as we talked about our lives as a married couple, the joys and challenges that we face from day to day and ways we’ve learned to move through and around those obstacles. We were fortunate enough to have lots of audience participation in both breakout sessions which made for lots of wonderful dialogue and questions. Continue reading

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The Power of Poetry

We sat on the back porch, overlooking the White Mountain Range, writing and rewriting the poem, Barton tweaking it ever so slightly each time. Continue reading

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