Hello again, We hope you have had a good weekend.

I am happy to tell you that Emily has a brand new episode of her show for you this week.

As a world-class Paralympic athlete sometimes her training or racing schedules will get in the way of the podcast.

We do our best to avoid that because we know you count on hearing about Emily’s continuing journey to that Gold Medal podium.

But sometimes it is just unavoidable. We appreciate your understanding.

This show is dedicated to her mom and all the other athletes moms in honor of Mother’s day.

She talks about the importance of her mom both in the beginning of her athlete’s journey and more so today.

She talks about how her mom discovered the problem with her vision even before the doctors did.

She shares about how her family, especially her mom, always told her that they would support her in going after her dreams.

You will hear her talk about playing basketball in elementary school.

She shares some great memories about her time on that team and the support she received from her parents especially her mom.

With the help of her mom she learned at an early age that with hard work and determination anything is possible.

She shares how that lesson is helping her today with her goal of getting blind snowboarding added to the Paralympics and becoming its first Gold Medal winner.

You can hear the love when she mentions how her mom and sister are supporting her efforts by raising money for her travel and training through the sale of home made crafts with the Team Starfish name on them.

You can find them at Facebook.com/teamstarfishcrafts

They have some usual items like kids sweaters, shawls, and a variety of hats.

But the coolest item, one I am truly jealous of, is a Emily mini me.

It is a blind snowboarder with snowboard and all. It does sound really cool. I am going to have to buy one for my desk.

Besides all the work her mom, sis, and their friends do to crochet items to sell in support of team Starfish, they also used to host chili or spaghetti dinners.

She is so grateful to continue to receive so much love and support from her mom even though they live thousands of miles apart now.

And she promised to have her mom on the podcast sometime soon. So you can learn from her mom’s experience raising a visually impaired child.

And maybe her mom will share a few enlightening or embarrassing stories about Emily?