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Even as an infant, any time I gave Tony a bath, he’d immediately fuss, quickly progress to crying, and even begin to scream sometimes as the water touched his skin. He was especially sensitive about water splashing on his face, and even a fine mist would cause him clench his body and face in startlement.
I have always loved being out in the rain. I remember as a little girl, riding in the back of my grandfather’s uncovered truck bed as the drops splatted into and around me, M&M’s clutched in my hand, their colors bleeding out and melting, the clouds seemingly reaching down like fingers to wrap around my
Lately I have really enjoyed questing through my eye shadow collection to see if I can dupe looks I could produce by a newly launched palette containing a color story I like. Today I slowly moved my way through stash-shopping and creating my own variant of what is the most likely look to be produced
Some Thoughts On Gratitude Earlier this afternoon, my honey and I had a lunch date at Dino’s Greek & Italian Grill. At the moment, my system is swamped with a surfeit of carby goodness and the will to sustain any sort of eloquent expression of thought is nil. The food, the ambiance, the personability of
The seeds of the problem were sprouted and had grown strong roots before we had received any diagnoses past Tony’s sensory processing disorder. I, as a mother just trying to cope with an overwhelming array of challenges related to our son’s health had just been diagnosed with medication-induced liver disease. Andy was in graduate school,
The increases we have seen developing in Tony’s tolerance for new places and novelty in routine have coalesced with his emerging control over his desire to use his body to get to what he wants in a way that allowed us to enjoy a hike this past weekend at Woods Canyon Lake. Perhaps it is
Generally, many of the teens who went to my high school came from families that were far better off financially than mine. At some points, I was saving money given to me at Christmas and for my birthday by my grandmother and my Aunt Cile and Uncle Lawson…and I would use it to buy thrift
She was very sorry, she told me…she had lost her temper and yelled at him. A special ed veteran of many years in a generally well-funded district (and a wonderful teacher many had assured me), his developmental preschool teacher herself wasn’t supplied in my opinion with sufficient aids to meet the level of needs present
To Emmy I wasn’t surprised when you told me you were taking a job with a different company. We’ve long been aware the reimbursement rates AZ DDD (Division of Developmental Disabilities) gives music therapy clinics isn’t sufficient to pay therapy providers an adequate living wage. New grads come, get experience, and leave for companies who
*Please note this is an extra post for the week, the main post which went up yesterday about Hannah will follow below this one A few weeks ago, I was sitting with my sister in a VUU sermon being given by their then interim minister, Rev. Wooden, and he clearly and concisely articulated a sentiment
