Sunflowers and Sunbeams
Keri Horon2020-08-28T11:33:54-07:00As 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 [...]
Mourning Has Arrived
Keri Horon2020-04-01T22:14:51-07:00About 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 [...]
Heading Into Understanding
Keri Horon2019-03-06T10:15:08-08:00His 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 Horon2018-12-11T23:04:35-08:00A 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 Horon2018-10-01T22:36:28-07:00When 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 Horon2018-09-12T14:47:25-07:00This 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 Horon2018-09-02T21:37:23-07:00Sitting 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 [...]
Wouldn’t Give a Penny for Those Thoughts
Keri Horon2018-06-07T21:32:39-07:00Nothing 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 [...]
Seldom Celebrating
Keri Horon2018-04-27T17:00:26-07:00At the beginning of April I set out to write about Autism Awareness Month and my less-than-enthusiastic feelings which accompanied it. My focus was on the fact that awareness goes only so far, and that [...]
Awareness Gives Me the Blues
Keri Horon2018-04-04T14:40:45-07:00Autism Awareness Month. I’m personally sick of Autism Awareness Month. Blue lights, blue shirts, blue ties. Blue Blue Blue. Well, actually, the color does match my mood this month. That’s right. I’m blue about autism [...]