Well this is new. Never thought that I'd think about blogging. Interesting concept though - as the "Original Southern Six" from New Bern, NC all spread out, it allows us all to stay in contact with each other in perhaps a little different way than what we are used to. I'm game and ready to give this a try for a while.
For those of you who don't know the Michigan Southerns...I'll try to catch you up to speed. I'm married to the most beautiful, brilliant and loving mother in the whole world, Kate (Dubay) Southern. We have two kids: Emma, who is six and heading to 1st grade this fall, and Carter, who is almost four and enjoying preschool.
Kate and I are both graduate students in the Speech-Language Pathology program within the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
Kate is originally from Saginaw, Michigan and is a graduate of Michigan State University with a B.A. in Psychology. She is now a full-time student in the SLP program at Wayne. She LOVES to work with kids in therapy and is truly an amazing clinician to watch. She engages on a level that they "get" and has made true progress with the kids that she has worked with so far. Next January, she will start an internship working with the Bloomfield Hills schools. I am very excited for her. At home, she is an engaging mother who we are all lucky to have in our lives. Much like at school, she handles motherhood at a level that the kids understand. They simply adore her.
I am part-time in the SLP program and presently work as a manager for CVS Pharmacy. My passion in SLP is with fluency disorders and their neurological basis. Kate and I are working on a research project right now that looks at neurological trends in people who stutter who also use the Speech Easy Fluency Device (of which I am also a user).
Kate and I met about two years ago at school. We both were married before but forged a tight friendship at a time when both of our marriages were disintegrating. In our darkest hours, we found a solace in each other that led us to fall in love. We were ma
rried this past March 14.Emma and Carter are our truest passions. We are truly blessed to have a daughter and son who are so resilient, so brave and so loving. The past year was tough for them, but they have handled it well.
Emma's kindergarten year at Sequoyah Elementary was fantastic. She loved her teacher, Mrs. Hagel and made great strides in reading and basic math. She absolutely loves to read and learn everything that she can. 1st grade will be fun for her. We're on a summer reading and writing plan right now so that she can leap right in feet first this fall. Its so cool to see how excited she gets about doing her "homework". Emma likes to play board games like CandyLand and Pretty Pretty Princess. Lately, we've been transitioning into games like Memory --mine must be going because she whips up on me pretty bad rather consistently.
Carter attends the Child Development Lab at the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute on Wayne State's campus. ( http://mpsi.wayne.edu/education/child-development.php ) His class is very neat - the enrollment is truly diverse with many ethnicities and nationalities represented. He attends Tuesday through Thursday each week for about 6-7 hours each day. In a way, it is like watching a mini-kindergarten class. Kate and I will sometimes sneak over there when we can and watch some of his class from an observation room that sits above the classroom. Having him down there in such a rich environment is something that we are truly lucky to have.
Just since the March wedding, we've been busy! Weekend trips to Saginaw, visits to the Science Center and Zoo, visits by the Nanas....lots of stuff to keep us busy...but most importantly...doing things as a family.
Stay posted for updates about once a month!
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