I do not relish my role as the R-word police. I particularly do not enjoy calling it the R-word (if you are not versed in this subject, the R-word s “retard”). I much prefer picking on people for punctuation than word choice — after-fucking-all, I work at an alt weekly, the kind of fucking place […]
I do have to thank Jason Rose for one thing. He reminded me this week that it’s time to register Sophie for the Special Olympics. Over the weekend, Rose — who has been in public relations in Phoenix for as long as I’ve been in journalism (read: a long time) — tweeted the following football/hockey commentary: usc-ucla? Felt like […]
I took Sophie to the mall the other night. To be honest, I really didn’t want to. It wasn’t a particularly entertaining errand — one of the nose pieces on her glasses snapped in half and cut her nose before we realized what was going on — and I figured it wouldn’t be much fun […]
Some anniversaries you’d rather not remember. I know Sophie’s second heart surgery was sometime in early November — right around now, in fact — but I don’t recall the exact date. I don’t think about it much, even when I see the several-inch-long “zipper” on her chest, but for some reason, almost every time I […]
“I’m praying for her,” the Cake Walk Lady stage-whispered as she dropped Sophie’s ticket in a big barrel and motioned for her to join the circle. Twenty, 30, 40 times? I lost count. We must have been at the Cake Walk a full hour by then, almost half the time allotted for the school’s fall […]
There’s a video news clip making the rounds on Facebook this week — I’m not sure why it’s popped up now, but it’s your typical feel-good story that everyone always seems eager to share so I guess it’s not too surprising. The lull between Halloween and Thanksgiving, maybe. Some group called Success Nation is passing it […]
The other day, my mother announced that Annabelle had recently announced to her that Annabelle’s glad we don’t make her go to temple because she doesn’t believe in any of that stuff — at all — and I knew that the window had definitely shut. Aside from a little guilt, I’m fine with that. I remember the […]
“Oh, one more thing,” I said, wrapping up a phone call with a young friend from work this afternoon. “You have GOT to go see Dolphin Tale. Promise me you will. It’s amazing. I just saw it.” Was that a snicker I heard on the other end of the phone? “Um, yeah, sure,” she said, […]
“Sophie’s being a real ballbuster today,” I confided in my mom on the phone yesterday morning — in what I thought was a low tone, masked by the car radio. “No, your daughter’s the ballbuster!” Sophie fired from the back seat, making sure she said it loudly enough for her grandmother to hear. I cracked […]
Look what Sophie did — all by herself. OK, she did have some guidance from her amazing physical therapist, but really, I’m told, she did all the stitching on her own. “M” for Mommy. (Sorry — Hipstamatic washed out the purple M a bit.) She also did an “S” for Sophie and has plans for “A” (Annabelle) […]
