— 1 — Jean Vanier was awarded the Templeton Prize this week! If you don’t know who that is, he is founder of the L’Arche communities for the mentally disabled. If you don’t know what L’Arche is, go check this out and come back. — 2 — If you have four and a half minutes, go watch… Read More
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Because We Didn’t Think We Had Enough Crazy Around Here
Meet Gabi. Because three years of attempting to potty train Nathan has been only marginally effective, we thought it would be a good idea to get a puppy to potty train, too. Happy Birthday, Nathan and Mr. Andi.
How Therapists Are Like Grandparents
Have you ever noticed that therapists have a lot in common with grandparents? Over the weekend, I was preparing a talk I’m giving this week to a group of speech-language pathology graduate students. I was invited to speak because these are students who know a lot about the therapy side of things, but don’t yet have… Read More
Seven Snippets: Pot Lids, My Bed (Again!) and Meatless Consequences
— 1 — Who cleans up the kitchen after dinner at your house? At our house, it’s Mr. Andi. It’s been a longstanding deal that I cook and he cleans up. For some reason, however, pot lids are anathema to him, or something. Whenever I cook something that uses a pot lid – including the… Read More
Nathan: Full of Surprises
Way back in 2012, when Nathan was not-quite two and a half, his early intervention speech therapist was at the house. He was playing with one of his favorite toys at the time, a green-and-white Leapfrog My Own Leaptop. When he first got it, he loved it – probably because he thought he was getting… Read More
Gone But Not Forgotten…Take Two, Times Two
A few weeks ago, we sold Sarah Kate’s softball gear. We kept her glove and her first bat as memorabilia, but the other bat, her helmet with the giant “Kat” sticker, and the gear bag went to a first-time player – the daughter of a friend of a friend of mine. I was sad to… Read More