The time I tried to get us on a magazine cover

The Internet is a strange place. You can throw all kinds of ideas out there and you never know what might stick. In the last week, I had an opportunity to pitch the idea of putting a kid with a limb difference into the front cover of a national parenting magazine. It all started a…

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Encouraging independence… But not in charge

Back in 2005, during my 20 week ultrasound, the technician did not notice Jordan’s limb difference but we did discover that I was going to be a mother to a daughter. With or without a limb difference, I was nervous. I know how hard it can be to be a female. So right then and…

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Nick Maxim continues to spread good will

I was traveling most of yesterday when friends started sending me links to a sweet little six-year-old who was born without her hands who won a writing contest. I just knew it had to do with Nick Maxim. You may remember me talking about him last year when he won a hand writing contest and…

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