What, you say, do elevators and foxes have in common and why in the world could they bring joy? They happen to be the most favorite things that bring joy to my two almost 10-year-old grandchildren, Harper and Granger. Elevators. You probably take them for granted. Nothing special, unless, of course, they stop between floors. […]
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Summer…it was finally here and we were anticipating vacation time together at the beach. Months ago we had made the reservations to stay in a house this year at the beach, instead of a condo. We had also decided to stay closer to home near St. Theresa beach on the gulf in case either my
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Last week was challenging and a whole lot of fun traveling with our grandchildren – 8-year-old twins, one of whom is on the autism spectrum. We were traveling to Arizona to visit the grandkids’ step-great grandmother, whom they had never met. If I learned one major lesson from this trip it was BE PREPARED. Situation
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Yesterday was golden. I asked my daughter if I could pick up my grandson from camp to spend some time with him. I have been thinking a lot lately about my legacy and what my daughter and grandchildren (twins who are 8 years old) will remember about me when I am gone. When I was
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“Your grandson had a bad day.” When this is the first thing you hear when your daughter calls you, your heart sinks, not knowing what will come next. And you know there is nothing you can really do to change the situation. She goes on, “They had to call the vice-principal because he had a
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Have you ever had one of those moments when you have choice between going with your heart and acting with your head? Today I had one of those moments. Sitting down to work at home after having left a work-related meeting and a small shopping stop, I got a call from my daughter inviting me
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“Do it again, do it again, do it again!” my ex-Nazi riding instructor’s voice reverberated in my head until I performed perfectly, jumping my horse over fence after fence until I got it “right”. I was 8 years old. Mr. V. was used to having his charges obey him,spurring them on to win blue ribbons
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Lately I have been thinking about what it must be like for my granddaughter, being the sister to a brother and twin who is on the autism spectrum. I wrote this letter to her to let her know she is special, too. Dear Harper, I am writing this to you so that you will know
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