Bathtime & morning car rides to school with Hippo are always…interesting. I mean he’s a five year old that loves Batman, My Little Pony, Star Wars & Wolf Blitzer. You really never know where the conversation is going to go. Last night was one of those nights. I had been…
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The Colon-less Advocate
The first of the month brought another great trip to Washington D.C. for the Digestive Disease National Coalition’s annual Public Policy Forum & Day on the Hill. I have to say that it isn’t the easiest thing for me to just get up and go away for a few days…
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The Hero In The Airport
Last night while leaving my hotel, I saw a man that looked a lot like a man that I have admired, pretty much my entire life, Rev./Congressman/Ambassador/Mayor Andrew Young. But he’s from Atlanta and I was in Washington DC, so there was no way it could’ve been the civil rights…
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CrazyCreoleLobbyingMommy
It’s that time of the year again! The Digestive Disease National Coalition’s Public Policy Forum is upon us and I am currently sitting in the Atlanta airport waiting for my next flight to DC. Since the passing of Affordable Care Act, the assault on autoimmune disease & disabled patients has…
The Day Dr. King Died
Today is the great Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday and since Hippo’s birth we have always celebrated it with reflection on his teachings, the growth of the movement and how we can continue to progress within the movement. We read stories, we re-watch speeches and talk about moments in the…
Radio Silence
It’s 12:25, Thursday morning. My last post was sometime before Thanksgiving. And now I write from the late night/early morning hours. Not because of inspiration or because I have something profound to say. No, I am in just too much pain to go to sleep and, well, I missed you…