When it comes to my son Jack, I fill out a lot of paperwork–forms, surveys, and questionnaires. I check boxes, and rate things like behavior, and anxiety, and temperament. Usually I leave the papers on the corner of my desk until the last possible second. I mean, I hate paperwork to begin with, and I […]
Last week, someone named Brian sent me the following message: Let’s say the medical community announced they have a cure for autism. It’s a 15-second shot in the arm. It has no side effects, and twenty minutes after your son receives it, poof! He would turn into a perfectly normal boy. Would you give him […]
My husband, Joe, lost ten pounds in the last two weeks. How, you ask? Did he saw off his leg or contract malaria? Did he join Riverdance, a performance rumored to be so rigorous that dancers drop pound after pound on stage in water weight, and Irish jig his way to a sleeker frame? No, […]