Sakaratte Yumei To defy, go against, swim upstream… from the dream. My mom, when asked once about my boys’ autism and that I am that…too, told me that “by the time you were 9, you were normal.” Her casual, off hand remark, as usual intended to ground me in practical matters. What does it matter,… Read more: Seeds of the Word

I saw one of those random memes today that we are all, constantly, exposed to – you know the type – just words on a colourful backdrop describing succinctly an experience or world you knew but can’t sum up quite so tritely. To do my own history justice (much less anyone else’s), I have never… Read more: The difference of being alone vs. being lonely

It was never about the work. It’s not about the pots I spent hours scrubbing clean. It wasn’t about the hours dedicated daily and weekly to keeping a spotless house, folded laundry, or good food prepared from scratch daily. It wasn’t about the traditional lifestyle I never asked for or wanted but embraced whole heartedly.… Read more: Just. Stay Gone.

I was pulling up to a stop sign, headed to the store for last minute items, when I saw what I thought at first was a child rounding the corner. Her hair, a dark red, was curly and sort of flipped over to one side. At first glance you would be forgiven for thinking it… Read more: She is us. We are her. It’s… so wrong

Turning points in life are so quiet… unannounced, they tiptoe into our every day lives with little fanfare and sometimes accompanied by the most normal of things… a mom, nagging her son to clean his room… only to find at the end of the day he took all his cherished stuffed friends from childhood and… Read more: A well-worn stuffed cat… and a blue elephant