The Monster Upstairs
When your boy comes down from his room after having played quietly for an hour, standing in front of you, naked from his bath, saying, “I want broom and dustpan...
Category: spirit
All matters religious
An Open Letter to My Students: Black Lives Matter
Dear Students: It’s June 3, 2020, and believe it or not, I’m at a loss for words. It’s been an impossibly stressful few months when we’ve moved from getting to ...
Scrubbing Stone
Finding dad, 24 years later.
These Kids Today
We need to nurture the magical. These kids today are going to be our salvation if we can manage not to screw them up too much.
Autism Acceptance
April is Autism Awareness/Acceptance month. Autism Acceptance is hard. Even for me. It’s hard because it hurts. Sometimes his Autism hurts him, and that just ki...
Through the Fog and the Dark
Letting go of his hand so he can find his way through the fog and the dark is hard. Good teachers make it possible.
Thank You Challenger Elementary School
In those 1,260 days, there hasn't been a single day, not even one, that I've had to worry about Matthew being accepted and included, and that's absolutely amazi...