Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Writing on May 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The White Queen from Alice in Wonderland has a line that goes like this: “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Which is exactly how I feel most days; and sometimes, not only do I believe 6 impossible things, 6 impossible things happen to me, too.
These are my most recent 6: I’m going [...]
Posted in Mothering, Pinwheels, Writing on May 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
ParentDish has a new look! It’s like it went to the spa and had a facial and a manicure and a pedicure and then a cut and color, too (I’m just imagininge here, I’ve never been to a spa in my life, but it sounds so nice!). This week’s column is about the in-betweens, and [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Road Map to Holland, Writing on May 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Niksmom of Maternal Instincts…Flying By the Seat of My Pants writes about knowing me through my husband Tom’s books, and through blogging, even before reading Road Map to Holland. But when she picked up her copy of the book, something unexpected happened: she was brought back to her own memories, her own beginnings as Nik’s mom. She says, [...]
Posted in Pinwheels, Writing on May 2, 2008 | 9 Comments »
My friend Jennifer Margulis and her husband James di Properzio have written a beautiful gift book I wished we’d had 9 years ago, when Carter was born. Tom and I were both newborn parents then, equally invested in our lives together and in the life of our wrinkled, prune-faced new baby, but I had my [...]
Posted in Mothering, Pinwheels, Writing on May 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I don’t often write about my son Carter, who is nine years old and perfectly capable of telling his own stories. But the thing is, by respecting his privacy, it sometimes seems as if he has a lesser place in my days, and in my heart. Which is not true! This week’s column at ParentDish is [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Writing on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s a Thursday! Today’s ParentDish post features the bowls I bought at the thrift store; it also speaks to some of the complexities of being a parent in today’s world.
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Road Map to Holland, Writing on April 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Christina of Kwisteena’s Kwaziness has been mom to Kallie for 9 years, but reading my book is reminding her of many of the feelings she had, in the beginning. She writes, “I remember how I felt when people first started finding out about it. I was embarrassed and wondered if people thought of me as [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Road Map to Holland, Writing on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Amy of The Flege Farm is reading Road Map to Holland. She says it’s fascinating to her, because her feelings about her daughter’s diagnosis were much different. She also has a story to share. She writes, “Mayson was crawling around in bed with us while I opened the book for the first time. She kept looking [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Writing on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We have a new addition to the family! I write about him this week at ParentDish.
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Road Map to Holland, Writing on April 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Blog book reviews of Road Map to Holland are still trickling in, and if you want to write about your experience with my book, I’ll include it here and add your post to the list of permalinks at MotherTalk, too.
Karen of and some other stuff didn’t expect to be able to relate to so much of my story, because [...]
