Our daughter has received Social Security Disability and Medicaid ever since she turned eighteen. The amount Lindsey receives has gone up over time, yet for…
Category: Life Stories
Nadine Kenney Johnstone: “Of This Much I’m Sure” Book Review
Several years ago, when I was attending a writing workshop on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, I met Nadine Kenney Johnstone. My first…
New Zealand Nature: A Half Day Trip to Piha
John and I are not tour people. We don’t particularly like large groups, or wearing some sort of identifying badge, or following a guide around…
Devonport: A Town of History and White Picket Fences
Before my husband and I flew to Auckland, New Zealand, I checked out Tripadvisor to learn the Top Ten Recommended things to do in this…
Dear President Obama: Thanks For Not Tweeting At Three A.M.
Dear President Obama: “When they go low, we go high,” your beautiful wife, Michelle, said. And so many times, you’ve had to do just that.…
Blog, Life Stories, Special Needs
Special Needs Recognition: Making A Difference in Her Community
Sometimes you meet a person in the world who deserves to be recognized. And last month, I met Lindsay Stephens. She is thirty-four, and although…
Blog, Life Stories, Special Needs
When A Daughter With Developmental Delays Becomes Combative
I've been quiet on the blog front for a very long time because shame is a powerful emotion. Many memoir workshop facilitators tell us to…
Blog, Life Stories, Recommended, Traveling
Hiking The Rogue River Trail with Friends
A casual inquiry about how our friends planned to kick off their summer, turned into a four-day, forty-mile hike along southern Oregon's Rogue River Trail…