Gone Now

Every holiday we gathered, in the chairs on either end of the dining room table sat our parents–our mother nearest the kitchen, our father heading the furthest end. Each year, the last decade-and-a-half,  we watched as they, bookending us, grew more...

Thanksgiving Blessings

    My sisters and I will be gathering for our first Thanksgiving as orphaned adult children. We will resume the tradition started by our father: When we sit down to the blessed feast steaming before us, we will go around the table, each of us sharing...

Our Differences & “What Others ‘Think'”

Today's usual Wednesday "Autism/DisAbility" blog entry is posted over at imamomtoo. Please click over and read my take about taking responsibility for our own feelings when we "think" others are staring at or judging our children with autism...

Why Do We Fear What We Will Someday Become?

Tell me: Why do we fear what we all, as humans–if we are lucky–will become? And that is: Old. Why do we disrespect what we will someday be? Why, when we are still young, do we embrace stereotypes about a certain age? Stereotypes that damn us and perpetuate...