While raising Jane does present extra challenges, I have found that having a deaf child is actually advantageous. While I am normally a bigger fan…
“How would you like to get your feet wet?” That was how the social worker began a phone call on March 24th that changed my…
There was a marquee sign outside the foster agency office, beckoning, “become a foster parent!” So I did. Shortly after my friend’s wedding—the moment when…
I admit I craft an image of myself as a relentlessly cheerful person. Most of the time, this is the truth. Most of the time,…
When we happened to bump into a group of new acquaintances a few months ago, I could feel Jane tugging at my hand, wiggling with…
A “love squeeze” is what my mom called a hand squeeze that means “I love you.” Love squeezes are especially useful during car rides, the…
My older daughter’s current favorite theory is that her father is Poseidon. She says this explains both my lack of a mortal husband and her…
It was one week before summer vacation, three days after a dear friend’s funeral, seven months and one week after Christina and Jane moved in…
When I first met Jane, she didn’t have any language. She sparkled with intelligence and interest in the world around her. She invented games with…
I pressed my back against the bathroom door as he flailed against me, then threw himself against the tub. He said he hated me. He…