Of Central Concern
Keri Horon2022-12-31T18:28:59-08:00My son is a homing pigeon. As am I. When little, I didn’t know what ‘sense of direction’ meant, but I knew people often said I had a good one. And besides my dimples, my [...]
Bakery Blitz
Keri Horon2022-12-31T18:29:31-08:00Teenagers are not always breakfast-loving creatures. Weekday mornings are often chaotic, so a sit-down, well-balanced, post-sleep meal featuring foods from every level of the nutrition pyramid isn’t likely to happen. From about age 15 on, getting [...]
Heading Into Understanding
Keri Horon2022-12-31T18:51:25-08:00His eyes fixated on Zach like a lion’s on an antelope. So much so that he didn’t – at first – see my glaring eyes turn toward him. I stepped slowly behind Zach as he [...]
Nobody Nose the Trouble I’ve Seen
Keri Horon2022-12-31T18:58:47-08:00A close inspection of Zach’s nostril, something we don’t habitually do, revealed a reddened area of concern. After a month-long wait to see an ENT, in we went. I had tried to schedule a time [...]
The Point of the Portrait
Keri Horon2022-12-31T19:04:06-08:00When 800 numbers show up in caller ID, I ignore them. But one day recently, as a message was recording, I heard a voice say my son’s name, so I picked up. It was a [...]
Why I Must Live Forever
Keri Horon2022-12-31T19:23:39-08:00This happens all the time. Every setting, different people, but mostly at school. And I don’t blame anybody; how could those not around him all the time know?? […]
Brown, Down, and (not) Out
Keri Horon2022-12-31T18:32:42-08:00Sitting in my kitchen several years ago, I wrote a list of things I did not want to forget to pack. Moving is definitely a major task, fraught with stress and chaos. I’ve moved several [...]
Rise and Fall (Not in That Order)
Keri Horon2022-12-31T18:31:54-08:00I was searching for a luggage cart in a quiet hotel corridor at 11:00 on a Saturday night. It was a long, hot drive, and the last task of the day was to transport the [...]
Wouldn’t Give a Penny for Those Thoughts
Keri Horon2022-12-31T18:31:15-08:00Nothing boils my blood faster than hearing derogatory comments uttered by people about other people with special needs. I once heard two store employees talking as one described someone else as a retard. I yelled [...]
Staring (From my Sacramento4Kids.com blog)
Keri Horon2022-12-31T18:30:32-08:00Staring HOW TO DEAL WITH STARING May 21, 2018 Staring. We all seem to do it at some point, for some reason. We’ve all been stared at by someone else too. Staring at people is [...]