Monthly Archives: September 2013

Paying It Forward and Having Fun!

In August, we began promoting our Wheels 4 Barton Pay It Forward Campaign, where for donations we receive for an accessible van, we are serving our local community. We chose three local organizations to work with, Raleigh City Farm, Read … Continue reading

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Stepping Up to Embrace Otherness

      How do you react when you come across something that is different? We might react with curiosity, fear, comparisons, hesitation, or acceptance. These are all normal reactions when we meet “the other.” In an essay my father, … Continue reading

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Grace in the Face of Defeat and Fulfilling Impossible Dreams

Today, I watch anxiously, checking every few minutes on Diana Nyad’s blog. She is hours from completing her extreme dream of swimming in the open ocean from Cuba to Key West. To get there, she made four previous attempts, was … Continue reading

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