Portland Roots Media

12/24/2017

Ho ho ho! Looking for some holiday laughs? Here's a new video about Tess.

We don't like putting Tess under anesthesia. But we had to do it recently. Here's what happened. http://bit.ly/TessArmy | |

02/08/2017

New podcast ep of Stronger Every Day! "You rock, rock." Reference? Anyone?

New frontiers in skiing. Our girl steps up and blows us all away.

02/07/2017

"When you leave, they do an exit interview. And one of the questions was, what has been your greatest accomplishment during your time at this preschool? Kendra had a one-word answer: She said, 'Tess.'" Click below to read the latest blog post from Stronger Every Day.

02/17/2016

Our blog post got picked up by The Mighty this week.

"I am you. I am you from 15 years ago!"

02/13/2016

"Some of her doctors have suggested that we have her evaluated. But how can we do that, given her vision issues? You can't exactly do the standard evaluation on her." Click below to listen to this week's episode of Stronger Every Day.

This week, I'm not playing games. The latest round in advocating for Tess. Fighting to get an eval that could change her entire life as we know it.

11/18/2015

Tess is using a new method to communicate. It's an app...and it's working. Then something amazing happened--and now we're curious what the future will hold. Special shout out to Uncommon Sense Blog for the helpful advice along the way. Check out the newest episode from Stronger Every Day: http://www.portlandrootsmedia.com/strongerpodcast/2015/11/17/44-talking-is-harder-than-we-thought

This week, our language quest continues. Tess listens, with mild amusement, as if to say, "Oh, look at you with your cute little communication app." So, is this gonna work, or what?

10/22/2015

Parenting’s tough; Joy, sadness and craziness. Check out this post by http://bit.ly/SEDAnswers

10/22/2015

Did you know that we have a ??? Please check it out and let us know what you think! http://bit.ly/GBASubscribe

10/21/2015

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10/20/2015

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10/19/2015

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