About Me

I am wife doing typical wife. I am also the mom to three adult children. One of those kiddos is my daughter who happens to allow us to live in this crazy world of disabilities.  She's medically complex, a complex communicator, and deafblind. So, I navigate, advocate, and negotiate on little sleep and lots of coffee.  Some call my writing transparent.  Some say, "I thought it was just me".  Others think it's' "too much".  Me?  I call it Real.  No matter the thought - no matter the humor - no matter the tears: It is always done For the Love of Ivey...  ~ G.


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