This weekend the Cabana Boy and I took a break. We left the children with my daughter’s day care business and we went out of town. Not far. Just to Pittsburgh. But as far as we were concerned, it was a world away. Not only did we deserve it; our kids deserved it, too. Respite [...]
Posts Tagged ‘special needs’
27 Jul
Up for a visit?
I’m guest posting over at Jean Myles’ blog today on the subject of marriage and autistic children. Jean has two little boys, one with autism, and she now works at home so she can make sure her little guys have all the special support they need! I know I’ve talked about the subject of marriage [...]
11 Jul
Bygones
In the past few months, I’ve come to realize that some phases of my life are past. For good. Up until then, it always seemed like every option was open, like back when I was 10, or 18, or 21, or even 25. One day I’d travel the world. One day I’d be President. One [...]
24 May
Little Miss is now a woman…
Isn’t this a fabulous menarche goddess? I found it here. I remember the pieces we did in The Vagina Monologues about the first time, and all the reactions mothers had–girls getting slapped, girls forced on birth control, girls given a beautiful feast and celebration with their female relatives. But this is Little Miss we’re talking [...]
21 Apr
That headache time of year
No, I don’t mean allergy season, though that certainly would apply. I mean summer, and its attendant crisis-level situations about what to do when you have two working parents, special needs children, and services to arrange around family demands. We’re all busy. Even without the challenges I know a lot of you parents have of [...]
31 Mar
Paying the piper
“After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.“ Star Trek’s Spock Humans want things. We want to travel and have new experiences. We want to be loved. We want to be successful and have good self-esteem. [...]
16 Oct
Have you played the “A” card?
Parents of special-needs kids often have a lot to cope with: meltdowns, perseveration, echolalia, single-focusedness, sheer obliviousness. All this coping tends to drain away patience and sometimes even your ability to remain polite, especially when people who don’t understand get on your last nerve. Often at Wal-Mart. I’m not sure why that is. Maybe they’ve [...]
3 Sep
A mother of a job
If I hear one more talking head complain that Sarah Palin couldn’t possibly act as vice president or president because she has five children, including a special-needs child, I think my head will fly off. In case you’ve been in a hole somewhere, I’m talking about quotes like this from the Telegraph in the United [...]
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