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 [...]
The Plane Truth
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:46:09-08:00That’s it. I’m done. No more. Not good at it? Not true. I’ve spent a long time telling myself and other people that I’m not a good flyer. Am I scared of putting myself in [...]
Seldom Celebrating
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:46:44-08:00At 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 Horon2022-12-31T17:47:50-08:00Autism 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 [...]
LOOK at it BOTH WAYS
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:48:52-08:00Afternoon sun was warming the porch. October in California can feel like mid summer, and so I decided to sit on the toasty steps of the porch and wait for Zach’s school bus. Being in [...]
Handcuffed to Home
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:52:58-08:00(Recent post on www.Sacramento4Kids.com) Staying home can be a comfort. Staying home rather than going out with a child with autism can be confining. The definition of housebound is unable to leave one’s house typically [...]
Covered in Kindness
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:55:11-08:00Going through airport security with my family is not on my top ten list of good things to do in life. I start off calm (in the general sense of that word) and collected, knowing [...]