Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

I want to talk about something serious, not just to many Scoliosis patients, but to many children, teens, and adults in this world – bullying. But, I’m going to bring a great big problem down and focus in on Scoliosis patients, because that tends to be my focus, but what I have to say will

Scoliosis is…a gift!?

When my daughter and I unwrapped our shiny new copy of Debra Ordes’s new book “The Gift of Scoliosis”, we both shared the same questioning look. How, pray tell, is this disease a gift? We are definitely the champs of turning lemons into lemonade, but this book title prompted a thorough investigation. Debra Ordes, president

A surgery date doesn’t mean complacency…

As my daughter has been adjusting to the chaos that is middle school, she’s had a couple days where she’s felt downright overwhelmed.  Between more homework (and lugging a VERY heavy book bag to school, which is fodder for probably some further articles on back health and back packs, but I digress…)  Anyway, between more

And, we’re off!!

We are off to the start of yet another school year.  And, I am hoping that means that now I am back in the routine of my weekly posts.  This week was our first week with our daughter in the Middle School and our son in the 4th grade.  Middle school can be very tiring,