JustWrite

This morning I shared this story during the International Virtual Women’s Chamber of Commerce open house and thought I would share it here too.

While taking a pre-employment program for people with disabilities, the instructors were scrambling to keep busy. One day the computer instructor introduced me to basic HTML. I gobbled it up! I soon realized that, although I grew up in silence, I now had a way to communicate with the world. That realization was so exciting, so liberating!

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My Faith kitty, my office assistant, my friend.

Watching the images caused by Hurricane Katrina, my heart broke as people were rescued from rooftops while their loyal, four-legged friends had to be left behind, and as people were forced to abandon their furry friends by the roadside in order to have a ride to safety. Imagining how hard that must have been brings tears to my eyes. Yes, I am a softie when it comes to animals. I can’t imagine leaving my Faith kitty behind, especially with not knowing what would become of her.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Surrey, BC – September 7, 2005 – UNESCO celebrates International Literacy Day on September 8th to recognize the efforts made to reduce illiteracy around the world. However, when there are 800 million illiterate adults, when two-thirds of the world’s illiterate adults are women, and when over 100 million school-age children never attend school, there still remains much to be done. (more…)