Something has happened that is so upsetting, I can hardly write about it without crying. As a mom with several kids in special ed programs–and with many friends with similar issues, I’ve seen and heard about a lot of teachers. Some teachers are not so good with autistic kids. Some are alright. Only a few…
When I was about 8, my favorite book in the world was Misty of Chincoteague and King of the Wind both by Marguerite Henry. One of the things I always wanted to do was go to Chincoteague and see the ponies. Last Friday, we finally did it. We got the whole family (and Uncle Bill and Grandma) to Chincoteague along…
Juss: "You mean the ancient Egyptians worshiped insects?" Mom: "Yes." Juss, in a tone of astonished disgusted. "That’s even stupider than worshiping a cow!"
Vounteer (apparently I had vacation on my mind when I wrote this.) Week was short but sweet. On Wed, the kids gave a dress rehersal performance to Uncle Law and Ping-PIng loaded QQ for the local Chinese Restaurant owner. (They gave us free food. I hope that doesn’t disqualify Volunteering. ;-) On Thursday, Orville, Ping-Ping, and Juss put…
Note: There will be no Wright’s Writing Corner post next week, as we will be on vacation. Or you can go here for a picture of Death By Cotton Candy Recently, I took a delightful writing class, which I have mentioned before. But there was one thing that came up in the class that…
Once again, it is Volunteer Week. We kicked it off today with trash collection. All the kids did a sterling job. I wish I had brought a camera to take pictures of Ping-Ping and Roland carrying a bag between them and working together. I was very impressed that my somewhat fastidious daughter did not complain.
I realize it is unlikely that even the Internet can solve this one, but… I am looking for the author of a poem I read in the 90s. I am nearly certain that it was in an issue of Absolute Magnitude. John remembers that, too, but we asked the editor once and he did not remember…
Writing friend Merry Muhsman guest blogs with this delightful piece on Encouragement. My cousin’s daughter trembled in my arms, bobbing up and down as the wave rolled by us. “What’s the worst that could happen?” Her skis split apart, even as I wrapped my arms beneath her legs and pulled her close to…
Yesterday, thanks to the generosity of a friend, we took the family to see The Last Airbender, a movie we have been waiting to see for several years now. When we got to the counter, the price for the tickets was unimaginable. We could have gotten in to see God for cheaper–there was a $4…
People asked why the wait for children from China is so long, why there are less children. Here is one answer from: http://chinaadoptiontalk.blogspot.com/2010/07/amy-eldridge-of-lwb-speaks.html Why the significant change? First, she said, there has been a growth in more modern attitudes about girls. It is really only in the rural areas that the social preference for boys remains. …