January 2016 – Inclusion for Sabrina

January 31, 2016 No Comments

It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post. It wasn’t intentional, but I really just found myself needing a break. This community has been overwhelmingly wonderful, and that fact is that there’s a lot of work to be done in the area of inclusion. And when you’re putting a lot into emotional work, it’s easy to get burnt out. Sometimes a break is just what’s needed to renew that passion.

Sabrina’s doing fine. For the most part, we have a wonderful, well-rounded IEP team this year. Her IEP is next week and I have thought less about this year’s than I ever have (and it’s a triennial!). I’ll take that as a good sign.

She has been sick a lot. Nothing serious, but just cycles of colds turning into ear infections turning into issues that go along with too many antibiotics. Again, nothing serious, but just frustrating because even little colds set her back a lot.

I have some exciting things that I am working on in the area of inclusion, and I’m excited to share it with you. Look for more in an upcoming blog post!

Some soul searching

January 31, 2016 No Comments

As I eluded to in my last post, I haven’t spent much time blogging here since the summer. I’ve been feeling a lot of different callings and not sure what direction those were going to lead me in. Sometimes it’s tough to figure out what you want to do when you grow up. 🙂

I think for a lot of us, and certainly for me, life is about constantly questioning, learning, trying your best to fulfill the callings and the passions that show up in your life. For many years I wasn’t living in a way that allowed me to have the confidence to listen, go forward, and pursue them.

Obviously, I have since found a passion in inclusion.

For the past 6 months or so I’ve felt an intense need to do something else, something more.

Maybe call it my mid-life crisis? 🙂

I’ve been trying to work out how to fulfill the passion I have for advocating and for being “mom”, while at the same time honoring that I am my own person outside of those roles.

I want to be involved in the community. To Connect. To Gather people. So much more to do on a lot of different fronts. While still being present for my family.

Ooh, that elusive “balance”, right?

As a result of much of that soul-searching, and feeling deeply that it’s time for me to do something more, at the end of the year I launched Nelia Nunes Events. I’m excited about the possibility of merging my passions, while at the same time exploring options that aren’t related to inclusion and my kids. And seeing where it’ll take me.

Time to plan some cool stuff.

For starters, I’m working on putting together a “Topics In Inclusion” mini-series. Look for more on this coming soon.

It’s been an interesting journey, I know it’ll continue to be. Can’t wait to see what it brings. Thank you for coming along on the ride.

I’m back.

Some soul searching