In the Mix with Aaliyah Miller

I've been a regular walker since Karim and I adopted Billy, our dog and the first addition to our family. It's definitely been an added benefit to my overall health. Thanks to work I also started tracking my steps through employee sponsored wellness programs for cash rewards. This month, I'm walking to help raise awareness and money to fund research for cerebral palsy. September is Steptember . I'm on one of many teams at PwC participating.  Why it matters Cerebral palsy affects approximately 800,000 children and adults in America. Every year, around 10,000 children will be born with cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is not a single disorder . There are several different classifications and varying degrees of severity.   Medical costs are around 10 times higher for children with cerebral palsy. Medical costs are around 26 times higher for children with cerebral palsy who have an intellectual disability. The total lifetime care costs to take care of...

Hanging with Gabby at Stafford Spring's Farm Day. Akilah and Zak adore their grandparents. Their eyes light up when they hear Gabby (my mom), Baba Salem (Karim's father), Mama Faten (Karim's stepmom, or Nana (Karim's mom) is coming over for a visit. They met grandpa Kenny (my father) in April of 2017. It was a good trip, but their one and only meeting with him. We had plans to visit him next year, but he passed away on August 5, 2019.  They have a bond with them that I've never had with my grandparents. On my father's and mother's side, both grandpas passed away before I was born. Although my grandmas were alive, they weren't physically close. One lived in England and the other was in Atlanta. It didn't matter that one was state side; both locations felt like a million miles away. I don't think I saw either of them more than five times as a child or young adult.  I didn't think much about their lack of presence in my life ...