Dreamy Blessings
Keri Horon2026-06-10T16:25:43-07:00Recently, I had an unusual dream. Not that I’d describe other dreams I have as usual. But once in a while a dream flies in on a REM breeze and just perches in your brain, [...]
Beautiful~Butterfly~Boy
Keri Horon2024-09-26T11:38:44-07:00I can’t recall exactly when Zach began noticing butterflies. It’s a love affair that’s been going on for quite a while now. It may have started after the bees. During the lockdowns in 2020 and [...]
Lemme’ See You Smile
Keri Horon2023-02-04T17:26:17-08:00During the winter months, we like to watch Wheel of Fortune while eating dinner. Somehow, the combination of comfort food and Pat Sajak’s corny jokes just caps off a wintry evening. And the routine of [...]
Zipping Through Milestones
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:32:40-08:00Milestones. One might say these are roadside markers measuring distance. Another might think of significant events in life: a graduation, the start of a new job. And still others may define milestones in the context [...]
Sequins and Sharks
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:34:00-08:00(Originally appeared on the VestLife blog) It feels like yesterday, but it wasn’t. My son and I were doing some browsing around at a San Francisco shopping plaza. It looked like rain was coming, so [...]
Sharing Some Sun on Groundhog Day
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:35:03-08:00“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., [...]
How an Apple Changed the IEP
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:27:26-08:00It 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 [...]
Cookies, Crayons, and Cookbooks
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:25:45-08:00As 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 [...]
Sunflowers and Sunbeams
Keri Horon2022-12-31T18:14:45-08:00As 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 [...]
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 [...]