Pipecleaner Dreams

Marla called me early yesterday morning. Marla is a nurse in the NICU at one of our local hospitals, and she and I met while our sons play...

It’s tough to ‘keep the faith’ when one experiences a lot of negative things in their life. And often it seems like the negative things jus...

I have such fond memories of growing up and spending endless hours with my friends. We would play with our Barbie dolls, or build forts in ...

A week ago, I wrote about a father who beheaded his son with disabilities. The father said the constant and ongoing care made him look at...

The child’s father said that he took care of his son for many years and that he just started to look at him as no longer his son, but rath...

Ashley has been on our state's debelopmental disabilities Medicaid waiver waiting list for 7 years. Each year, she receives a letter le...

This is the last week of school for my children, and all of them have firmed up their summer plans…..except Corey, that is. Ashley will be a...

Cheryl from the blog Finding My Way: Journey of an Uppity Intellectual Activist Crip , left the following comment on last Friday's blog ...

Born with cerebral palsy, Ms. Hickey, now 67 years old, is confined to a motorized wheelchair. She lives alone and relies on certified nurse...

One of my biggest fears as a mother is not being able to provide for my children. Given the current economic environment, and the fact that...

Loucendia, a state employee like me and a participant on the same deafblind advisory council that I am on, awoke yesterday morning and prepa...

I love living in the South. And I've always loved many of the things my home state has to offer. Then something like this comes along ...

While I surfed the web this weekend, I found two stories I wanted to share. One is very good news, and one if very bad news. First the goo...

When Ashley first started school (age 2.5, 12 years ago), I told them she needed sign language support. When they shut down all classrooms f...

I am not doing a Thankful Thursday post today - for the first time in two years, I am setting aside the list of things for which I am thankf...

I attended a meeting this week at the day support facility for my oldest daughter, Jessica. Jessica is going to be 18 years old in just a c...

On October 7th, I wrote about a young girl who had been failed by both the system and, in my opinion, her family. That same day, the follo...

She was eight years old when I first met her, and I didn’t need anyone to tell me that she had a diagnosis of Autism. She never spoke. She...

and at times like this, it's really hard to understand and accept that there is a master plan. Four Children With Special Needs Die Afte...

I wrote in my "I Do" post the other day: Do you look at other children - foster children, homeless children, children not receivin...