You know those rotten apples we talk about sometimes? This one found her way into my inbox yesterday afternoon. She wrote the email below in a response to an article I wrote this last Sunday for my column, This Modified Life. If you haven’t read the article yet, check it out FIRST so you have…
I wouldn’t let this special needs teacher near my child with a ten foot pole.
The Special Needs Child and the Working Mom
An article published the other day on reuters.com revealed that moms who parent a child with autism are approximately 6% less likely to have a job, work an average of 7 hours less per week, and earn less than half of their counterparts: working moms without special needs children. It may be news to some,…
Special Needs Ryan Gosling: Hey Girl, Week 5
Well, it finally happened. After two weeks of wiping snot, taking temperatures, giving head-to-toe Vicks rubdowns and spoon feeding homemade chicken noodle soup, I finally managed to nurse my husband back to health. Oh. And the kids too. But now I’ve got whatever these goobers were kind enough to pass down and I’ve been feeling…
A Belated Birth Story
I’m looking through pictures of the day you were born Andrew, which happens to be ten years ago TODAY by the way!! – and I can’t help but think that I had no idea what the hell I was doing and what I had just gotten myself into. But on March 12th, 2002 at 11:35…
A Sweet Dose of Truth: Hey Girl (Special Needs Ryan Gosling) Week 5
It’s TGIF! How do I know this? Because Ryan Gosling stopped by the blog once again! Once you’re done laughing, consider joining the fun every Friday with Sunday Stilwell’s genius idea and bring new life to TGIF!
I Surrender
Something about this feels very familiar. The whole waking up with one kid totally congested and holy hell you didn’t know that a 50 pound human could produce so much snot and then the other child comes to you and curls up in your lap first thing in the morning (which he never does because…
The Evolution of an Apology
First it was THIS. Then it was THIS. Then THIS. Then THIS. Finally though, I think I get it. I think. Maybe it’s because I’m just a few short days away from my period….I don’t freaking know but in any case I’m over here bawling my eyes out because one week later I think I…