Comments for Kate Fialkowski: Future Forward 2.0

Comment on Join the National Agenda For Supporting Families by kate fialkowski

kate fialkowski — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:58:59 +0000

Hi Sophia, Right you are! Thanks much for reading and pointing this out. Document corrected — 4.7 Million! Thank you, Kate

Comment on Join the National Agenda For Supporting Families by Sophia Wong

Sophia Wong — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:30:13 +0000

“In the US there are more than 4.7 citizens with intellectual and developmental disabilities.” Might there be a word missing here?

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Comment on Testimony to the PA House of Reps Human Services Committee by attachment parentingideasgift for dad

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Comment on Testimony to the PA House of Reps Human Services Committee by Barb McMillen (@DrSophi)

Barb McMillen (@DrSophi) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:23:24 +0000

Excellent, to the point …!

Comment on David’s 50th Birthday Party! by Joan Fialkowski

Joan Fialkowski — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:01:04 +0000

Yes, my little brother knows how to have a party. Wow a room full of people with the Fialkowski last name or lineage coming to celebrate my little brother getting older. Kate is right, how strange to no longer sit at the children’s table, how strange we are now the matriarches and patriarches of these next generations, how we all missed those that have gone before knowing how proud they would be to see David Joseph celebrating a milestone no one ever thought was achievable. My eyes glistened during that moment of silence.

My thanks to our sisters for arranging the details and my thanks to Dr. Seuss:
Congratulations, David
This was your day!
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

Comment on David’s 50th Birthday Party! by Applied Behavioral Strategies

Applied Behavioral Strategies — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:02:52 +0000

Very cool! We celebrated my brother’s 33rd birthday last weekend. Isn’t it just wonderful seeing how happy they can be?

Comment on Loving Memories of Kathy “Kat” Fialkowski by Barbara McMillen

Barbara McMillen — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:16:11 +0000

Heartfelt, Katy. Very nice.

Comment on Loving Memories of Kathy “Kat” Fialkowski by blcresswell

blcresswell — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:01:44 +0000

Dear Katie,
Such a beautiful homage to your sister-in-law, Kathryn M. Fialkowski. You painted the picture of her soul and made her one that all would want to honor and know. Her gifts for soaring above the frey were many, and your gifts with words always help us soar to the highest of our selves. It was a special treat for my soul to read your tribute to Kathryn. Peace be unto your heart. Love, Barbara

Comment on Transitions: C’est la vie by Sophia

Sophia — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:25:07 +0000

Thanks for posting your update, Katy. It’s thoughtful and well written, as usual. I’m taking the big step of teaching a course on Justice and the Family for the first time this spring. I have 12 students from different backgrounds and the conversations are interesting.

Especially for those of us born in families from immigrant backgrounds, we are never “completely separate.” Our lives are inextricably linked with the lives of family members, whether we choose to distance ourselves and “live our own lives” or get more involved hands-on with disabled sibs. My parents’ decisions about how to care for my brother affect my life, my marriage, my career, and my travel plans. And the opposite is true: the way I choose to live, where I live, what job I have, also affects my brother’s quality of life and my parents’ health.