Parenting

Health, Parenting, Special Needs

When Lightning Strikes Twice

Lightning rarely strikes the same spot twice. But when it does, it is momentous. Lightning strikes are multifaceted. On one hand, they’re beautiful — colorful, unexpected, energizing. On the other hand, they’re destructive — violent, merciless, deadly. If you’re lucky enough to be an observer, you’re filled with awe and […]

Parenting

My Child, the Hoarder

My son is a hoarder.  Maybe not a certifiable, diagnostic case (not yet, anyway), but he’s a hoarder. I’m sure of it. His bedroom drawers are littered with what appears to outside observers to be junk — scraps of construction paper, daycare projects from his first year of life, old […]