The other day I was in the middle of my morning routine of packing snacks, reminding people to wear underwear, and ordering them to brush their teeth, when I happened to see it, my special needs daughter’s red take home folder. Inside the folder, along with the words she worked on that day and drawings of the weather for her calendar, was the all-too-familiar Parent Intake … [Read more...]
The Little Girl Who Roared
Today my family and I went to buy some apples at the local apple orchard. On first glance I'm sure we looked like just any other suburban family out on a beautiful fall Sunday. Unless you were to hear our daughter roaring. Yes, today Lizzy has decided that she is a tiger. She was also cracking herself up. We are not quite sure what was making her laugh but when she is … [Read more...]
Life’s Lessons
When I was a young girl, one of my favorite places was the woods in my back yard. Although, the word "woods" might have been a bit of a stretch. We lived in a small Cape Cod in Levittown, New York. The woods probably weren't much more than four or five trees in a row behind the fence that backed Hempstead Turnpike. It wasn't exactly Little House on the Prairie, but for a little … [Read more...]
The Mission That’s Possible
I love movies that thrill you and take you on a ride. Not scary, gore-soaked flicks, but stories where a disaster looms and someone has two hours to save the world. It can be science fiction, like an alien invasion, or a spy story like Mission: Impossible.The typical thriller has one character who predicts the disaster. He or she is thought to be overreacting as they try to … [Read more...]
A Novel Life
This week I feel every one of my 45, soon-to-be 46 years. My nerves are shot. I'm tired and more than a little cranky. I'm in need of a makeover, or more appropriately, a rewrite.After years of guiltily reading romance novels, I've decided to take a page from one of them and reframe my life in the fashion of a novel. I may even put a picture of my dishwasher dressed in a … [Read more...]
