Tag: understanding
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9 years ago when my youngest graduated from kindergarten (and no, I can’t believe it was that long ago, and yes, with my 2 eldest children graduating from college this week, I am suddenly feeling extremely verklempt, but that’s a post of its own…) the theme of the program was the Robert Fulghum book All I…
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There was a time I wouldn’t have given a second thought to the lyrics of the song Wanted or other songs of its type. I would have just sung along indiscriminately, buying into the belief that the person these words were written for was indeed very loved and wanted. I would have then went right along with the…
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Bear with me because I know parents always say this, but I can’t believe my little boy is 20. In picture 1 you will see my smiling, clear-eyed, neurotypically developing and verbal 11 and a half month old. Picture 2, taken shortly after his 1st birthday, shows my son beginning to drift off in his…