Full Spectrum Mama

Something tells me I am not the first person to be bothered by the “disability” label. I know it is useful in a variety of ways in terms o...

I dedicate this post to my Gram, Merlin Lorene Cunningham Shaffer, 10/20/17-5/22/13. The giant rocks on her tiny fingers from her ador...

Not long ago, I ran into someone I vaguely recognized at an event the children and I were attending. As we purchased tickets, I remembered...

Many moons ago I speculated that we each possess a certain level of reactivity, and that this reactivity is often exacerbated by parenting...

                                                 I. Far From the Tree: For a variety of reasons, it wasn’t until my second year of col...

The other day, G came home with this question taped to the front of his shirt:                                         Figure I –...

Tra la la…”Sweet lovers love the spring…”* Tra la… Let’s see… This time last year, we were in discussions about a possible 504...