Imagine discovering that the child you have just given birth to, the one that has come fresh from your womb after nine tiring months, the one that has just sucked in his first life-giving breath and wailed his first cry has been diagnosed with the life sentence of Cerebral Palsy. Imagine for one moment, the devastation. The shock. The numbness,… Read More
A Mother’s Gratitude
Mother’s Day Weekend has passed again and as I sit in the after glow with my Monday morning coffee I am filled with an abundance of gratitude so acute it almost hurts. It is a special day for me, special because I have been in active duty now for 35 years. Plus 15 years as a grandmother. I wouldn’t… Read More
Walking on the Moon
Last night, after dinner in the dining room, our family did something we almost never do. In fact, it’s so rare, I can’t think back to the last time it happened. We sat down as a family to watch live television. It won’t take a psychic to figure out what we were watching. It was the same thing on every… Read More