Traditions: A Weaving of Love and Remembrance Years ago, I had a beautiful friend named Linda, who was the exact…
A Letter of Divine Compassion You are of the earth, my child. Dirt infused with minerals and ancient wisdom support…
I am exhausted from trying to keep everyone alive… This is what I wrote in my journal a month into 2022.…
Within the silence, I hear the wind. Within the silence, I hear a lone song bird sing. Within the silence,…
A few years ago, I hit a wall. I was spiritually, physically and emotionally bankrupt. I had spent the better…
When Jack was having a hard time writing, his BCBA bought him an huge eraser “for really big mistakes” printed…
Super cute, right? What people can’t see is that I am totally white knuckling it. My breathing has been shallow…
She cultivates life through genius and generosity. She is an alchemist who brings forth a newness to be woven into the past.
During my undergraduate studies, I read Natalie Goldberg’s book, Writing Down the Bones. She had profound wisdom and encouraged us to,…
Story #4 When you have a child who is behavioral, people assume the parent is the problem. Judgements are made…
Story #3 As a mother, I knew Jack wasn’t a typically developing child. To some people he appeared like other…
Story #2 As a special education parent, I kept stacks and piles of IEP’s (even outdated ones), evaluations, testing results,…
Story # 1 I wrote the first chapter of A Life Suspended as part of my portfolio for a writer’s…
A meditation with Mother Mary I sit by the window and watch the fog slumber in. Its thickness absorbs tall…
What do you sacrifice, dear one? For the stories you want to birth—the reality you wish to co-create? Step into…
A Life Suspended: A Mother and Son’s Story of Autism, Extinction Bursts, and Living a Resilient Life. It’s a big…
The idea of becoming an independently published author was something that developed over time. I had just completed A Life Suspended,…
Living a Resillient Life Throughout the process of writing, editing and shaping A Life Suspended, I felt mildly overwhelmed. The story…
(Published on The MIGHTY: When I Shifted How I View My Son on the Autism Spectrum) As a parent who…
Upon my return from Egypt, I saw it in my mailbox. I sat and sipped my cup of coffee as…
A Life Suspended My memoir, A LIFE SUSPENDED, is the story about my son and I’s journey with his high…
Sugar Baby I am fond of this picture for many reasons, but having the Pillsbury doughboy in the shot, makes…
Mother Love My mother and me. I absorb the image of my four-year-old self and this perfect moment. As I…
(photo by NHD, taken at The Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum) Breaker of Chains: A letter of love from Mother Mary…
A Letter of Divine Compassion What do I ask of you, my love? I ask for you to have imperfect…