TWO JELLYFISH

Write City published my story today and I'm beyond thrilled because although it took me two tries, it was accepted. This is an excerpt from the first email I received:  "We appreciate you letting us take a look at this story for possible publication in The Write City Magazine.  Usually we’ve got a straight up YES ...

FORGET ABOUT IT!

I DON"T NEED NO JOB! A few months ago, Jessica said she wanted a job. Rene, her support coordinator, began the process for her. He contacted Vocational Rehab, and after a bunch of mishaps, we got the paperwork completed and started the process. Today, after numerous trips to Voc Rehab, I picked up Jessica at her ...

Broken Brain

When the kids were little, we'd get questions about what was wrong with Jessica from Sarah and Alia's friends. Maybe a lot of them didn't have interactions with a mentally handicapped kid. At first glance, Jessica didn't appear to have anything wrong with her. In fact,she was really cute. So were the other two. But ...

“You Shouldn’t Have To Struggle!”

Rene, Jessica's support coordinator was talking to me as I held the phone against my ear listening to his reassurances. I felt the tears welling up in my eyes. The crying was about to begin for the fifth time that day. "I just want her to be okay and when I took her to my new ...

Is everyone chasing normal?

I just read an interesting article on another blog I am following. It's http://bloom-parentingkidswithdisabilities.blogspot.com, a children's rehabilitation hospital in Canada. I started reading the posts on this blog, one after the other. It felt like I had landed in familiar territory. These were MY people. But let me return to the article.  The author was discussing how parents ...