The Journey Began Here

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Me when I was in First Grade The television set was first introduced into homes in the '50s. Every day, someone on our block was getting their brand new TV delivered. I can still see the delivery men carrying the monster box into our house and setting up the new black and white ...

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 ...