Stay In Your Lane, Girl (and by “Girl”, I mean me)

Are you the type of driver who gets impatient when the person in front of you can’t get out of their own way? Do you throw on your blinker and change lanes immediately, only to speed up, stare down the person driving and sometimes give them a piece of your mind? ...

The Grief and Unease of Realizing Your Parents Are Aging

There is a time in all of our lives where we go from being taken care of (by our parents) to the role of caretaker.  There’s a sometimes-jarring moment of “I’m not the kid anymore” that can correspond with the realization that they’ll grow to be more dependent on...

A Letter To My Son’s Future Bully

October is when the world honors Breast Cancer Awareness, and as we paint the world pink for those 31 days, in the shadow lies another cause which deserves attention: National Bullying Prevention.  In my opinion, both causes are equally important.  Both have...

Traveling…with a side of Autism

When I was pregnant with my son, I envisioned a life of adventure.  Where he and I, side by side, would set out on quests that would take us to places far and wide.  We would sight-see our way through big cities, visit historic monuments, eat like the...