5th grade: I receive the prestige of the fast reading group. I accept this honor as if I had been expecting it all along. My eleven-year-old mind doesn't analyze how I went from struggling to thriving. I don't wonder about the years I spent in remedial reading. I don't stop to thank my mother for homeschooling [...]
What happens when I ask a ten year-old boy to memorize a Beethoven Sonatina? A patient piano teacher combined with daily practice teach him to break the music down, line by line, measure by measure, until the impossible is accomplished. Beethoven rings through our house. I feel like I'm watching my child grow wings. On [...]
My husband stands at the foot of our bed, tie loosened, feet shifting—sore from standing 14 hours at the restaurant. I am in the same place I have been all day: bed. Adrenal Fatigue has taken over our lives for the last year. In the small glow of my bedside lamp I see his concerned eyes.“Take [...]
