I remember the days when I was a young Mommy with 4 young kids, and every once-in-a-while I got to spend an afternoon with one child… One-on-One. Most times this little time-gift wasn’t planned. It just happened because it just did. And that time-gift wasn’t about going somewhere and doing something, but rather just being. Now, as a young (haha!) [...]

My last name is Couto. It hasn’t always been Couto.  I was once a nice Polish girl with a v-e-r-y long last name.  Actually, I was a nice Irish/Polish/Yugoslavian/Czechoslavakian girl with a v-e-r-y long last name. I’ve been Sharon K. Couto for much longer than I was that other girl.  But I’ve never been a Disney character.  Until yesterday. I [...]