Pipecleaner Dreams

I believe one of the biggest fears of parents of children with disabilities is being falsely accused of child abuse or sexual abuse of your ...

ROBBIE WAS FOUND ALIVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON!! AFTER 6 DAYS, LITTLE ROBBIE WAS FOUND IN A QUARRY, CURLED IN THE FETAL POSITION, COLD AND DEHYDRA...

Being a parent to a child with significant disabilities is very difficult. But one of the most difficult things early on is wondering wheth...

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...

As parents of children with significant needs, we've learned to adjust to the lack of sleep, the endless hours lost from work due to doc...

Though I am afraid of many things – camel crickets, roller coasters, etc – I only remember feeling that deep, in-your-gut type of fear a few...

Ashley had yet another MRI under anesthesia last Friday. She was already having them twice a year to check the status of the three brain tu...

Tonight I am anxious and worried because tomorrow Ashley has an MRI under anesthesia. The MRI is being done to check the status of the thre...

I felt like someone had punched me in the gut. It was one of those stop breathing moments - two seconds until telling myself to breathe aga...

I’m sure most of you have heard the news story this weekend about the adoptive mother who put her 7 year old son on a plane and sent him bac...

What do you do if your child comes home from school with bruises, scrapes or other injuries that they didn’t have when they left for school?...

Yesterday Ashley and I were at our local Children’s Hospital for her semi-annual dental checkup. Not surprisingly, since it is commonplace ...

Hundreds of people showed up, some as early as 4am on a morning where the temperature was only 13 degrees. At 8am, they started getting the...

My home state, Virginia, has a rotten record of providing services to people with disabilities. Virginia is consistently ranked between 40t...

I’m really starting to worry about my 17 year old son, Corey. If you’ve been a long time reader of my blog, you probably know a little abou...

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...

The belief in the inner beauty of each and every human being is at the heart of L’Arche…and at the heart of being human… We do not discover ...

I had to take Ashley to the doctor yesterday. I didn’t know if she had the flu or something else, but she definitely needed to be seen. In...

Last October, I wrote about an unexpected and wonderful experience my children and I had while having lunch at one of our favorite restauran...

**WARNING** You may not want to read this post immediately before or after a meal. Those of you who are long time readers of my blog know ho...