BY MADDELINE THOMAS (Originally posted on Maddeline’s blog) March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month and Cerebral Palsy (CP) comes with extraordinary gifts and challenges. I was diagnosed with CP at birth due to delayed delivery and lack of oxygen in the brain. CP affects my balance, speech, spasticity, and fine motor functions. I was born…
Written By Maddeline Thomas, a Compass community member. Article was originally written on Maddy’s Blog – Abilist Resilient Balance Happiness is precious because if I do something every day that makes me happy, then situations will be easier to resolve. Being happy is the top priority because it gives me confidence and a positive outlook….
By Sheri Wittmer Have you noticed that our produce departments are stocked full of fruits and vegetables that have traveled from faraway places to end up in our shopping carts? Consider tomatoes in the dead of winter, bearing that tiny sticker that says, “Mexico” or those summer oranges flown all the way from Chile. As…
By Sadie Hess, CEO Changing Seasons: Life remains in constant and continuous motion! Many of you are aware that Eric and I are also the owners of a scheduling software company called QuickSolvePlus. We believe it is time for us to UNITE our vision and focus. We started QSP because of our own…
By Cassandra Sales Last week, for the first time in quite a while, we were able to get together in a very small group and decorate the office. Being stationed in Siskiyou , that meant we got to decorate our new Yreka Office for Christmas for the first time. I would love to tell you…
By Aaron Zint There was once a newly married couple making a roast for dinner. As they were preparing the food, the wife went to put the roast in the pan, but before doing so, she cut six inches off the end. “Why did you do that?” asked the husband. “That’s how you make a…
By Sheri Wittmer How could something as invisible as this virus called COVID-19 bring so many immense changes to our lives in such a short amount of time? Yet here we are living our lives much differently than we were last year at this time. Is anyone else weary of hearing these words, “Finding the…
By Sadie Hess As I write this, I see a sepia sky outside my window. The whole atmosphere is an eerie orange color as fires rip apart the West Coast. They are calling this fire season unprecedented and historic: words currently losing all meaning! My sister-in-law recently graduated from UC Davis on a Zoom call. …
By Cassandra Sales “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg With the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week, it has been a time of reflection, especially for women. Justice Ginsburg is the reason women can sign a lease…