2020 was a trying year for everyone. How I raise awareness changed, events changed, the world changed. However these are still parts of this year that I cherish and that were AMAZING! Some highlights of 2020: Emceeing and walking in the Pageant Event Spoke in 2 countries Won a Best In Pageantry Award Appearing at 13 in-person Winter Carnival events […]
I have been notified I am a finalist in the Vernon Best of the Best awards brought to you by vernonmatters.ca please vote for me for the following category’s, Best Local Celebrity, Best Citizen, Best Local Girl Made Good, Best Volunteer, as well as for Best Daycare Worker! It is such an honor to be recognized I all these category’s […]
Happy World Tourism day 2020. In honor of the day I am announcing some exciting news with the world. I will be representing Canada at the next Miss Tourism World pageant! Yes that is right I am Miss Tourism World Canada 2020/21, and will be competing on a major international stage. Now you may be asking “why Miss Tourism?”, and […]
Most Preschool and Kindergarten children with Apraxia will struggle with learning the Alphabet. Why? Well, because children with Apraxia struggle to create the sounds needed. Think about it, we teach and learn our ABC’s with sound A sounds like Ahhh, B is Baa, etc, etc. But what do we do if the child can not make these sounds? We teach […]
These are movies I have hand-picked, after watching. I recommend showing these to your children! These Movies are appropriate for children aged 3-10 (I will be doing a Teenage post later) Some of these movies will be appropriate for older children and Teens as well. 3- Zombies (Disney, 2018) In a world/city where there is a separation of Humans and […]
As someone who has suffered with Anxiety quietly for years, it really bothers me when I hear someone say “oh I have really bad Anxiety” “oh doing this really causes me Anxiety”, if doing one specific thing causes you Anxiety, that is normal. Anxiety its self is a normal feeling, everyone is anxious from time to time, and yes it […]
Often people ask me “what is an Apraxic moment” or “what happens when you have Apraxia?” While everyone with Apraxia experiences different Apraxic Moments, I wanted to share what my most common Apraxic moments, as an adult, look like. First would have to be my volume, tone, and pitch control. My volume control is something I have always struggled with. […]
Will they understand me? Am I too loud? Was that the right word? Do I really sound that way? What if they think I am yelling? What if they think I am slow? What if, what if what if? These are just some of the thoughts that echo through my head everyday. The fears of a adult woman living with […]
My Samsung Galaxy A70 received an update last night to the new One UI 2.0 and android 10 updates. While yes ALL updates are exciting this one was amazing and truly shows why Android and Samsung are paving the way in inclusive and assistive technology. After the update I didn’t think much of it but once I started looking around […]
