Sometimes it seems like every time I go online I come across yet another article telling me a bunch of things I’m not supposed to say to my kids.…
My violin student recently asked me, “Don’t you get bored all day just sitting around doing nothing?” Of course I was totally insulted and replied, “I don’t sit…
Last weekend, when I was with my family at Disney World (we live nearby), the stroller’s “one-handed fold” mechanism (ONE-HANDED MY ASS) jammed as I was trying to…
Once, after I’d posted one of my lengthy vents about Lucas’ ADHD, a commenter suggested I write a post about the things I love about Lucas. The implications of…
I remember vividly how, as a freshman in high school, I was overcome with awe the first time I walked into a school pep rally. It was so… raucous—but, you…
I didn’t even think I had any New Year’s Resolutions. I was like, “I am totally happy with myself. I don’t want to change a thing!” But after…
I go through these stages where I convince myself that Lucas doesn’t have ADHD. I see him bent over a project, brow wrinkled with intense focus, and it…
It was a weekend afternoon before the start of a new school year when my mom called me to the telephone. “It’s your coach,” my mom said, handing…