I have been fighting the demons for a long time…and I’m not speaking of my children. Deep inside of me I know, even when no one else...

Last year, they were probably heard screaming through to the second floor of the clinic, and there were fights…battles…battles that they...

“Everything is either a blessing or a lesson.” Who was it that said that, anyway? Maybe, some things can be both of those at the same...

We don’t have to go back to some of the hard things. We have come so very far. Last year at this time, as the cold set in, we were...

I guess you only get so many chances, at least in this life. Nancy, my favorite chicken, went quietly in the early morning cold of All...

It’s the eve of your twelfth birthday. The picture in my head may have been a bit different from what I was expecting, but I should have...

“I had a great time. Can’t wait until next week.” Well, that was a relief, because the faces he made during the hour-and-fifteen-minute...

“Is my suit ready for tomorrow?” There was a sense of urgency tainted with a little hesitation that accompanied my son’s question. It was...

It sure is cold outside. She was as sweet a baby as ever I have known, and I was so happy that she was mine. But actually, she wasn’t...

For a span of nearly twenty-five years, children of mine have had the privilege of being taught, nurtured, cared for, and loved by so...

It was the wax bottles, the Maryjanes, the sixlets, and the caramel bullseyes, along with a vast array of other vintage candies that held...

“How long do you think I’ll last? I mean, when do you think I am going to die?” Ethan’s questions still sometimes catch me a bit off...

Pillars of light danced from the early evening waters of the lagoon, a thousand glow sticks from a summer’s festival stood mid air. The...

She didn’t say a word, and neither did I. It may have seemed like just a piece of paper, but to me it represented much more. For nearly...

Something happened. Something went wrong, or maybe it didn’t. Words that interrupted my idle thoughts as I stood at the kitchen sink, ...

My own words played incessantly in my head: so many years, so many services and specialists, twenty medications, and no answers. I...

We know that people with autism are often in a state of sensory overload. Experiences are more intense: louder, scarier, more...