It’s Easter and I look around and see all the people I love. I see my father and his wife sitting at my grandmother’s table laughing at a story told by my stepfather and mom. I see my grandmother playing with my niece, letting her use her wheelchair as her own personal climbing gym. I…
In 2012, when I was 33 weeks pregnant with my second child (a very difficult pregnancy) my grandmother suffered a severe stroke. My doctors wouldn’t let me get on a plane, and it was one of the most stressful times in my pregnancy. I didn’t know if she would live to see my daughter and…
In July of this year, it started with an ache, a slight limp. One day it was slight, the next a bit more pain, by a week later, I could barely put any weight on my left leg, my knee pain was so excruciating. I have had surgery on this knee before, but since then,…
My sister was officially married! They had exchanged rings, lit the unity candle, been declared man and wife, and kissed. We had taken photos in the church but my sister wanted to get some portraits done by the Hudson River. The kids were wound up, so we sent them off with their designated care givers…
Flat Stanley, written in 1964, is a well loved children’s book. The book is about a young boy named Stanley who is flattened in the middle of the night by a billboard. He survives but is completely flat. He makes the best of his new shape and visits his friends by mailing himself to them.…