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I reached out my arms tonight to pick my up sleeping son. Instead of waking him to walk, I’d just carry him to bed. Like countless times before. His face, wearing the same expression he would make as a sleeping toddler, crinkled in misery, eyebrows knotted. He stretched and tried to turn over, away from…
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Certain moments in childhood stick out vividly and center around visceral emotions interwoven with our connection to someone. And I hold numerous memories of when my father, a fence man by trade, would appear in the door holding his hand. Then, stumbling to the sink, a splattered of red dots would trail behind him, alerting…
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My “little” boy’s carefree childhood days are numbered. I feel it. He talks now of science and PEMDAS and a burgeoning love of algebra. He wants to be an engineer. And “the best basketball player ever.” He’s been in his first playground fight. And, embarrassed, told me that he hears kids his age say “suck…
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After leaving my 10 year old’s IEP re-evaluation where he was afforded 30 minutes of weekly Occupational Therapy after 8 years of slow going Speech services, I drowned myself in a terrific, relief-induced sob fest alone in our family sized Ford Expedition as I drove through town. At a particularly long red light, that included…
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During a 45 minute elementary classroom observation today, I was treated to a theatrical, energetic ELA teacher with an obvious love for what she does. The children, 23 of them, were dissecting their recent chapter of Treasure Island while learning about character development, building imagery with words, prequels vs. sequels, and how the opinions of…
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