love, courage, and caffeine

I’ve just sat down after getting Ryder off to school. My heart is racing a little faster than usual. This morning I opened the door for him to walk out to his bus, but instead of walking to the open doors and up the steps as he usually does, he ran towards the back of […]

Sometimes I’m asked what it’s like to have a child with special needs. I’m praised for my parenting; lauded for my patience, and for my ability to care for my child. While I appreciate the sentiment, the truth is, I’m no more of a super mom than anyone else. I stumble, I fall, I lose […]

It all starts somewhere. Today, as I unveil a new blog, I think about why I began writing in the first place. I remember my first poem being published in a little anthology many years ago, a work of pride to a school aged girl. From the time I was small, I had a passion […]