ABCs Plus Special Edition – Not a “How To”, but a “How Did I”




Blogging ABCs show

Summary: May 13th is a special date to me. It's the day I got engaged (1976), it's the day I got divorced (1990), it's the day my youngest son died (2002). Each year on May 13th I try to do something he would be proud of. He was a big supporter of my photography skills and my writing ability (although he was the one with all the writing talent :) ) so every year for the past several years I would go somewhere and photograph something. Some years while I was in Rochester it was the lilacs at Highland Park and other years it was Red Rock Canyon, and still others NYC parks. This year I had a bad fall this week and can't hold a camera or go for a walk. So I challenged myself to do something I don't normally do. I recorded a solo podcast. It is meant to be an inspiration to other parents of children with disabilities and a peek into life before the World Wide Web, when the internet was just green letters on a black screen, but that still allowed you to do research you would ordinarily take months to do. I kept it to 20 minutes and didn't say all that I had to say, but will add more later. For this special edition I just wanted to tell part of the tale, the part that will hopefully inspire other parents to reach out, start a blog, use online resources to make their lives and their children's lives the best they can be. I'm posting this under Affiliate ABCs because as the story progresses it will lead to how I became an affiliate, and eventually an affiliate manager. I'm posting this under Blogging ABCs because I want people to blog about their life challenges. To follow my blog go to DeborahCarney.com