Comments on: "To Annabelle's Sister Sophie"

By: starrlife

starrlife — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:09:52 +0000

Sorry, I’m new here but why would your child be tested for IQ? She’s kind of young to get any kind of accurate IQ? And, money or no money- she’s entitled to whatever she needs and they have to give it to you. My daughter has DS and I visit a lot of sites but I’ve never heard of giving a child her age an IQ test. She seems lovely by the way and I’m enjoying reading your blog.

By: elewinnek

elewinnek — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:02:35 +0000

That is the sweetest Valentine.

My mother has a good theory that, for a healthy life, it’s necessary to belong to at least five communities. One is not enough. For my mother, there’s her book-club, her work, her neighbors, her church, her family, and her incredibly close old friends. Each of those communities overlap, but not much — and if she were only in one or two of those communities, her life would be far less rich.

So no matter what happens, Sophie is in Annabelle’s and Ms X’s school community — and she will be in other communities too. I hope.

By: maya

maya — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:50:56 +0000

All I can say is good luck. My head is spinning after reading this post. So many options, sometimes having so many choices makes it even harder. Not that we don’t want choices but I think you know what I mean. I know you will make the right decision though.
And for some reason that valentine from Annabelle’s friend made me tear up. Of course.

By: sari

sari — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:22:10 +0000

Good luck tomorrow. I think one of the best things any of us has found there is our community. I don’t mean as the school in general, either. It’s the friends you find and want to keep.