It’s not easy, being a tourist in a city you once thought you’d call home. I should know. I’ve skulked around Manhattan on various trips over the years, wasting precious time feeling bitter over the fact that I don’t live there and likely never will. But this time, that didn’t happen. Ray and I took the girls to […]
Oh my. I know I just gushed about Sarah last week, but you must check out this post from her mom, Joyce, on a rather auspicious occasion this past Saturday. As I commented to Joyce, reading this made my day/week/year! Try to read it without going a little waterworks yourself.
Sophie wasn’t at all disappointed that she didn’t receive a blue ribbon for her school science fair project. But she was devastated when she saw Annabelle’s purple one. She didn’t mind that she got second place (maroon), while Annabelle’s project received a first. Sophie wanted purple — her favorite color. (An aside, regarding the science fair: […]
I still haven’t befriended an adult with Down syndrome. There is a guy who works at our Safeway — his sister is a former Mothers Who Write student — and I’ve been thinking about having him to dinner. But for now, I’ve been hanging out with Sarah. I’ve never met her, but take a look […]
There are “to do” lists strewn around my office, strewn around my life — in the car, the kitchen, the playroom, shoved inside my calendar, tucked into books. Mostly they say things like Call Adam and Buy Black Tights and Write Sue Chenoweth Thank You Note. It’s the stuff that’s not written down that’s harder […]
Last night Sophie brought me a book to read before bed — The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. I know it well, although I also knew for sure (despite the fact that we own way too many books I have trouble keeping track of) that I’d never read it to either of my girls. “The […]
Back to the whole Family Guy thing. I know I said we should leave Sarah Palin out of it, but of course you know I didn’t really mean it. I mean, I did want to figure out whether that Down syndrome Girl episode was funny or not, on its face (general consensus from admittedly biased […]
Sarah Palin aside, I’m with Whoopi. This is not funny. Neither is this. Now, if I was a. a regular viewer of Family Guy and/or b. not the parent of a child with Down syndrome, I might find it hilarious. But i doubt it. Be honest. Have I lost my sense of humor? I’ll reserve […]
As we left Starbucks this morning, I heard Annabelle instruct Sophie on how to put her “iced mocha” (a kid-sized chocolate milk with ice) into her cup holder. It was a rite of passage. As you might know, car seats don’t come equipped with cup holders. At least, ours didn’t when we bought them a million […]
A couple weeks ago, I “snuck” some time with Sophie and her classmates. Each of them decorated a heart for Miss Y, and we made a bouquet of Valentine flowers for the teacher. With the beating public education is taking these days — not to mention the challenges in Miss Y’s particular classroom — there’s […]
