On my day off from work I like to work out at the gym in the morning and then watch Rhema splashing in the indoor pool with her beloved teacher Kate. Rhema’s school is so awesome like that – they take her swimming once a week and she L.O.V.E.S. it. This morning as I made [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Not guilty
Posted in Uncategorized on August 26, 2011 | 16 Comments »
Home again
Posted in Uncategorized on August 22, 2011 | 25 Comments »
Daddy’s home! . … and just in time to do the next load of laundry! Phew. .
Held
Posted in Uncategorized on August 16, 2011 | 43 Comments »
I don’t even pray this time. Instead I nurse a really bad attitude as we sit in Boston traffic on a bleak, rainy afternoon. We’re on our way to yet another neurology appointment to discuss the poor results of yet another EEG. I am already picturing the schlep from the parking garage across the busy city [...]
The sample
Posted in Waste Material on August 11, 2011 | 18 Comments »
It sounded so simple as she handed me the cup. “OK! We just need a little urine sample and you can be on your way.” The nurse was a cheerful one. I stared at her for a minute wondering how on God’s great green earth we were just going to get a ‘little urine sample’ [...]
Unspokens
Posted in Uncategorized on August 9, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Rhema was a few months shy of her 2nd birthday when she started receiving speech therapy. There was no autism diagnosis yet, but tests indicated a hearing loss due to fluid buildup in her ears. Ear tubes were quickly inserted, and we waited with baited breath for the promised language explosion. Messages to my faithful friend Cha: [...]
Just this
Posted in Uncategorized on August 1, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Rhema’s lost her clothes again and streaks through the kitchen. Hope’s doubled over in laughter. “Rhema!” we exclaim as if she’s never done this before. “Girl, go get your underpants! Go get your underpants on!” She prances out, and then moments later approaches me with her underpants in hand. She just needs my help putting [...]
