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...]
Proud to be a Stage Mother
I run through the list in my head. Dance costume? Check. Jazz shoes? Check. Do I need hairpins? No, this is only the dress rehearsal, I'll get hairpins and hairspray before the recital next week. I reach in my closet and get the costume. I don't know why I have butterflies in my stomach, it's my nine-year-old daughter who will be preforming, not me. For a minute I panic … [Read more...]
