by Guest Author | Jul 16, 2016 | Home and Family
When Alex and I finally got married, we decided we wanted to wait a year before even thinking about having a child. That lasted a few weeks! A New Possibility The idea of having a baby plagued my mind constantly after we got married. I thought about how cute a baby...
by Rachel Wagner | Jul 11, 2016 | Home and Family
Roald Dahl’s novels are beloved by children across the world but they present a lot of challenges when being adapted to the big screen. It’s one thing to read his darker sensibilities but another to see them and make it still palatable for little children. The best...
by Rachel Wagner | Jul 4, 2016 | Home and Family
Lately at the movies the golden ticket has become the family film. Every studio is trying to make movies that appeal to as many demographics as possible. This makes sense because it gives them a maximum number of people that can buy tickets to movies. However, the...
by Rachel Wagner | Jun 27, 2016 | Home and Family
Anyone who knows me knows I am a diehard Pixar fan. I like all of their movies- yes all of their movies. Some more than others but I don’t think they’ve made a terrible film yet. Finding Nemo is probably my 6th or 7th favorite Pixar but it is special and incredibly...
by Rachel Wagner | Jun 20, 2016 | Home and Family
It’s kind of a funny world we live in where if you mentioned the names- Donatello, Leonardo, Rafael and Michelangelo people don’t think of famous artists but of mutant turtles who are skilled in ninja. That’s right The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are probably one of...
by Jane Thurston | Jun 17, 2016 | Jane Thurston: Down Syndrome Days
We got a new car today and at the end of the 4 hours my Down syndrome son and I spent with the salesman he pulled me aside and said that he had enjoyed seeing my son’s personality shine through, attributing it to the way my husband (who came in at the 2 hour mark) and...
