LifeTakes

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Letter from Sem

The newsletter is yet another reminder that I am on the outside looking in, that I don’t belong. But do I want to rejoin?

Musings

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Not Special    

I think we’re ready for the next step: de-specializing special needs

Musings

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Still Here

You get up the next morning and you head into your day, and you act like a normal person with normal problems

Musings

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Planet Normal

But we ourselves, while loved, don’t belong. We don’t live on Planet Normal. We live on Planet Crazy

Musings

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Silent Witness

The box of cigarettes and the car keys bear silent witness.

Musings

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Dreams in the Attic

I tried to cry as silently as possible — I’m good at it. My grandmother turned to me and whispered: “We don’t get ...

Encounters

Wednesday, April 05, 2017

When Pesach Looms

It’s not shopping or outfitting the kids. It’s not any of that. Those things — I can handle those things. They’re ea ...