“Then put your little hand in mine…there ain’t no hill or mountain we can’t climb…Babe, I got you babe…I got you babe…” As the black alarm clock on the white doily flipped to 6:00 A.M., [...]
It can take the strength of a weightlifter to haul documents, books, and a laptop from one’s car to an IEP meeting. That particular Individualized Educational Plan meeting for my then 10-year-old son was pivotal [...]
As a special needs parent, you just want to get it right. You won’t hit it out of the park all the time. But when you do, it sure feels good. When you go from [...]
One stands solitary Stick straight and stalwart A sturdy presence under sun Under stars Through sleet Thick heat A steadfast sentinel […]
As I gazed at my son watching the beloved bees on the salvia in our yard, I wondered if what happened earlier played in his mind. There is no way for me to know. As [...]
{Note to reader: this is a response poem to Robert Frost’s Nothing Gold Can Stay} If nothing gold can stay, Then joy must slip away. The tides do castles sink. Fall robs the rose of pink. [...]
When your world is a spinning pinwheel A moment of peace you just cannot steal The madness around you is totally real There’s tears in your eyes you cannot conceal […]
About a week ago, as cases of coronavirus multiplied across the country and social distancing became the new trend, a visitor arrived on my front porch. Unexpected, unannounced, save for the deposit of a tiny [...]
There’s a place off Highway 50, about 45 miles east of Sacramento and 60 miles west of South Lake Tahoe, that is pure gold. Well, pure gold figuratively, but also literally, in the past. Placerville [...]
Suddenly solemn our world did go Shuddering fear fills our hearts Isolate, separate, stay far apart Once blissful, our souls full of woe. […]
