Emily's Hope: A Lesson for Us All
The WHOLE WIDE WORLD should know there is a girl in central Florida with a beautiful smile, and an even more beautiful soul whose name is Emily and who is in very, very poor health right now. To say she is fighting Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome would be serious enough; but for Emily, vEDS is just [...]
The Council of Mothers (and a few devoted dads)
The Council of Mothers (and a few devoted dads) convenes as necessary in the wee hours of the morning, the midday afternoon on holidays, the Tuesdays after checkups and at all other times deemed necessary by its members. Together we share one another’s questions, worries, and our greatest common fear – the loss of our [...]
Letting Go . . . a little bit
Standing shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of other parents this past Monday on what turned out to be an absolutely sticky afternoon, I waited with my son as the crowd behind us pressed in. Sixth grade students from all over our county had descended on a parking lot to embark on the week they’d been [...]