This is essay three in the ‘Meet the Travelers’ series highlighting families during Down Syndrome Awareness Month. The traffic was kind to me this day. Lights were green and all was well with the morning. I hear a familiar voice over the speakers. ‘Your destination is ahead on the left.’ I look a bit farther…
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The Facts of Life
This is essay two in the ‘Meet the Travelers‘ series highlighting families during Down Syndrome Awareness Month. It had been a thirty-eight week and 35 pound wait before I met a little punkin wrapped like a mini burrito. She had a cute dimple and perfect heart shaped lips. What I didn’t know was that she…
To My Daughter On Her 10th Birthday
Dear Little One, It was 4:00 am on a chilly and oddly windy Wednesday morning. I hadn’t slept much the night before: partly because I was a bit over tired but mostly because I was ready to see your face. Your grandmothers and I had spent the whole day before getting ready for you after…
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Enjoy a sensory friendly KidsTown at OSC
The Love Bridge, a heart-filled rainbow walkway which guides guests from the parking garage into the main building of the Orlando Science Center, is the first stop in welcoming special needs families to the OSC‘s newest endeavor: KidsTown, an all accessible, all inclusive, interactive play area for children. Families with children who have special needs need…
A Change In Season
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had an exceptional memory. At times photographic and at times triggered by sights or sounds, but nonetheless exceptional. This would prove to be a gift at times, but other instances would manifest a deleterious rendering – a Trojan horse which invades my conscious under the guise…
Train ‘Em Up
Today I got a reply. That was Wednesday. Today is Monday. And all I want to do is tend my garden and not think about the school because today she is at home with me. No acting under duress. No pull outs or reprimands. Today she is with me. And I just want to tend…
Pink and Yellow and Blue
But this time it’s not about pink. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. It’s October again. I think I’ll hold on to this new life and live it up. An excerpt from our first published book, “Inclusion Is for the Included: A Collection of Stories from a Special Needs Mom,” available NOW at https://store9809015.ecwid.com/ “Inclusion Is for…
An Open Letter to an Expectant Special Needs Mom
ENJOY THE RIDE. I sat next to you again the next day in one of the workshops. You seemed tired. Get ready. It’s just beginning. Just know that this is the best tired you will ever feel. You’ll be great. An excerpt from our first published book, “Inclusion Is for the Included: A Collection of Stories…
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