Life Morphing
At the launch of this journey, when Life announced our path would be one called Autism, I declared: "I will not let my daughter's disAbilty rule our world! We will live fully! Richly! We will not cow from society! We will not hide from opportunity! Damnit! We...
Summer: “It’s Over.”
Diagnosis: End-of-Summer Malaise. Late last week I returned from the most relaxing vacay I've had in four years. And then I remained in that mode via a "staycay" for the next nearly four days. Ahhhh. (I'll be starting a show-and-tell series from all...
Thoughts to Meditate Upon….
One fall-out of all the workshops, classes, conferences and workshops I've attended are the plethora of notes. I have storage bins and shelves of note-crammed journals. Transcribed here, from the little black notebook that hitches a ride in my purse, are these...
Hope, Believe, or Know?
It was an eclectic bunch from around Middle Tennessee who clustered at the mammoth log-cabin-style retreat home of a friend's father. Those gathering on a sun-blessed November Thursday shared a common sense of spirituality and a potluck of earthy-homemade...
The Couch Chronicles: An Entire Day, “By Gawd,” Spent on Facebook
A knitted caftan replaced the cashmere shawl she'd planned to don. Beneath it she wore fleece and flannels all the day long once the mid-February threat of ice and snow cancelled her Sunday afternoon rendezvous with friends over steaming bowls of chili. She...
Autism: We. Are. Everywhere.
We. Are. Everywhere. We are your children. We are your grandchildren. Your nieces and nephews. Your cousins. Your neighbors. Your co-workers' children. Your co-workers. The offspring of friends of your friends. Your spouse/significant other. Image source: The...
Kindred Stories & Writing Yours
Do you know how important your voice is to the world? Every person has a story. Really. June 1, I was priviledged to join forces with Lacey Lyons, Belmont University adjunct English professor and Courtney Taylor Evans, of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center to...
