My expectations of my children during the summer was different than other kids. I didn't ship them off to some summer camp for someone else to figure out what to do with them or to fill their time... When #1 was just four...
Topics: children with disabilities, children with special needs, education, parenting, teenagers, teens

I'm out of town and my husband calls to let me know he's aggravated. Why? The forty-two soccer games he has to go over the next week with #3. "I'm a soccer player, it's why I kick so much when I sleep--a general reflex. I'm...
Topics: children with disabilities, children with special needs, family, humor, husband, parenting

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Topics: children with disabilities, children with special needs, media, politics

This past summer my boys were gone all summer long. I had the three of them together for a total of about five days. #1 worked in Manhattan and #2 worked at the New Jersey shore. When they come home, I walked out to the pool one day and as I stood...
Topics: family, humor, parenting, teens

This morning #3 and I are in the kitchen. He’s at the island, pensive in his glance at the orange juice glass. I take the focus off the eggs and whole wheat toast smothered in butter to fatten him up and decided to shock the brain marbles… “So uh,..
Topics: children with disabilities, children with special needs, humor, politcs