TiAnn - Logan's Sister

Who is the person writing these articles?! Other than the fact that I am Logan's sister, and Logan was killed in a plane accident, I suppose you don't know much about me... Where does one begin? This is what I have on my business website for Wyoming SLP.

TiAnn graduated from high school in a small town in northern South Dakota. She attended the University of South Dakota and graduated with a B.A. in Communication Sciences and Disorders then immediately started graduate school and finished in with her M.A. in Speech Language Pathology. TiAnn has her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the national SLP governing agency, ASHA, as well as her SLP license from the Wyoming Board of SLP and Aud and maintains her teaching certificate with an SLP/SpEd endorsement from the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board or PTSB. TiAnn lives in central Wyoming with her husband, daughter, pug, and chocolate lab.

And this is on my signature for my e-mails.

TiAnn Poloncic, MA, CCC-SLP
ASHA STAR Network Wyoming Representative
Wyoming Speech-Language-Hearing Association Board Member
Owner/Therapist, Wyoming SLP
PO Box 2131
Glenrock, WY 82637
Cell: 307-337-7799
Fax: 307-439-1288
www.wyomingslp.com

That's pretty much all you need to know right?! Not satisfied with the puffed up TiAnn used to promote her business? Well then here is truth, remember...you asked for it! I am an entrepreneur of two businesses: one called Wyoming SLP and the other Haddy's Home Embellishments. I am the mother of one precocious little girl, HadLee, and as my intuitive, Sandy, has made clear many times I will also be the mother of a little boy and possibly another little girl. I am the wife of the always stable Matt. I am the daughter of a hardworking farmer/rancher couple, Todd and Shonda. The great, great granddaughter of German from Russia immigrants all of which homesteaded in South Dakota and worked the land. I am a sister-in-law to two amazing ladies. I am proud to have lived my entire life on the same farm (until college and marriage of course), I went to the same school all 13 years (Kindergarten is a year too people!) and, with the exception of my baptism and a year or two after it, I went to the same church that I was married in.
As far as personality traits...I supposed it would be easiest to ask someone else. However, their answer would depend greatly on my mood lately, my relationship to them, the weather, the planets' alignment, etc etc. I have been told that I am a bit of a shape-shifter; I can easily transform my language and demeanor depending upon who I am with. I suppose that is one of the things that makes me a great speech language pathologist: I can go from playing on the floor with a three year old boy one minute, to talking to his parents about progress and research findings the next minute. There is another 'fact' about me. I am an SLP and I believe I am a pretty good one. There are two things I am confident in my abilities at: being the best parent I can be and the best therapist I can be. I chalk my arrogance up to my intense passion for both, as when my passion wanes so do my abilities. I guess that is one area where Logan and I were similar: what we had the desire to do, we did with all of our heart. We are (or were or I am and he was, oye vey!) incredibly protective of those we love, neither one of us is afraid of a fight and have proved so more than once. Of course he used his strength (strength) and I used mine (sharp tongue).
Speaking of my sharp tongue, keep in mind that I am more than a little sarcastic at times. I can also be a bit blunt. Listen, sugar coating things is exhausting and quite frankly I have too much going on to spend my day thinking of how I'm going to tell you the truth in a way that will please you. Logan was really good at that, like I said in his eulogy: 'he could tell you like it was one minute and have you laughing the next' and that is the God's honest truth. For those that knew him, you knew that if he was using hand gestures, you were about to gain some 'knowledge.'
As for the rest, I guess you'll just have to stay tuned!