(Team TLC – 2013 C18 Conference in Savannah, Georgia)
So here’s some *fun* news. Team TLC will not have access to the two funding sources we have accessed in the past to be able to attend the yearly C18 Family Conference. Attending the conference typically cost between $3k-$5k. It’s at Niagara Falls this summer so airfare is going to be crazy.
I’ve started a substack account. It’s free to subscribe, or you can pledge an amount. I’ll be sharing poetry, UNR updates, my other writings, and other stuff. I don’t post on here as much.
Lillian will have some ideas, too. Maybe the on demand poetry she did a few years ago??
Thanks to everyone who has supported and assisted Team TLC throughout the years. (Conference photo from 2013 and Thanksgiving 2024)
3:00 am, home to the airport, then to Phoenix, now to Charlotte. Imma need a massage when we arrive. 🤪
July 6 2024
After a most unfun travel experiences we finally arrived at 4:30 pm EST yesterday. With sweat dripping down my back waiting for the hotel shuttle at the airport, a different hotel shuttle gave us a lift, as ours seemed to be invisible. 😝 That man was a savior, after having left this heat and humidity in 1990, I cannot do it anymore. Feels like I’m suffocating. 🥵
At the Reno airport as we were headed through pre-check, it was discovered that I put Thomas’s year of birth for Lillian’s on her reservation. Damn. 🤪 Had to go back to ticketing to get that fixed. Both of our flights left and arrived on time. So that was great! 🎉
The friends are reunited!! Love these ladies!!
Thomas and I had a delicious, filling dinner after having gone all day with no meals.
After that the hugs, smiles, and laughter began, and continued until 10:30. Ready for another fun, hug-filled day!! ❤️❤️❤️
July 7 2024
Day 1: More conversations, more fun, more laughter, more joy, more happiness. ❤️
Plus, a performance by the Bouncing Bulldogs Jump Rope Team. 🙌
July 8 2024
Day 2: Good times! 🎉💖🎉
July 9 2024
Day 3 began with fire alarms and a full hotel evacuation. I had to go retrieve Lillian from the room, exiting with her being barefoot in her nightgown. 😱
Then parent panel, where sibs got to ask questions of a few of us parents. Later was ladies night and a luau for the self-advocates.
Fun times!! 🎉🎉🎉
July 10 2024
Day 5: Sibling and self-advocate panel, group photos, and Starfish Dinner & Dance. 🎉❤️🎉
