Just this! Just this!
In an unusual moment of stillness between the last bite of dinner and the itchiness…
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December 23, 2011
Oreos for my village
My friend, who is also the mother of my daughter's classmate, asked me a couple…
December 21, 2011
Stopping the story at exactly the right moment
"And who among us would deny Jane Austen her happy endings or insist that Cary…
December 15, 2011
The siren call of the sofa
My sofa calls. "Come on over and sit a while," it says seductively, with its…
December 13, 2011
A few minutes in the hospital lobby
I arrived a little earlier than expected at our local pediatric hospital last Friday. I…
December 7, 2011
Whose disability is it, anyway?
Last year, my typically developing seven-year-old daughter had about a 1-minute homework attention span and…
November 29, 2011
Co-production and advocacy / Disability / Improving healthcare / My toolkit / Special Needs Parenting
Asking Stupid Questions, aka Beginner’s Mind
Here's another in my toolbox series of techniques that inspire me to live with joy,…
November 22, 2011
Playing Whac-a-Mole
The daily grind of life as a special needs parent often feels like a game of Whac-a-Mole. Have you played that arcade game?
November 18, 2011
A new perspective on sinking and swimming
Other people's dreams can be so tedious, I know, but it can't be helped. I'm…
November 9, 2011
Expanding the circle of “us”
You don't know how it feels to be me." Tom Petty Community is a wonderful…
October 31, 2011