How often do we say, "I'm fine" when asked “How are you?” We know the answer: all the time. And we know why: It takes much too much effort and emotion at times to say how we really are. Sometimes the care, concerns, and challenges we deal with having a child(ren) with...
In the first few months of 2012, I found myself unemployed after experiencing job loss from the private elementary school where I was working. To fill the gap until I found another teaching position, I took a job as a personal care assistant for a young man with...
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. But, some pictures are worth so much more. Our daughter, son-in-law, and sons have opened their hearts and home to foster care. One time they welcomed a “family” of several siblings. We observed each child, while...