Living With Special Needs

I am reposting this from Mom Knows It All. I originally posted this on my blog November 1, 2008. I still think it’s wrong. And now we are in Good Nights, because the Pull-Ups are just too small. But my point stands. They stereotyped. Valerie My son CJ is thin and tiny and at 9 years old only...

I am reposting this from Mom Knows It All. I originally posted this on my blog on October 3, 2005. It’s as valid today as it was then, maybe more so. Valerie You never know who you’re standing next to. I received this yesterday. I had one of these type of moments with a thoughtless person a...

I am reposting this original article that I wrote as a contributing author for the New Jersey Moms Blog. It was originally published on March 22, 2009. Valerie Prior to the election I was never completely bowled over by either candidate. We’d never had an African American in the White House and...

I am reposting this from Mom Knows It All. I originally posted this on my blog on March 21, 2009. For me every day is World Down Syndrome Day. I love my son very much, and wish for the day where society doesn’t need a special day to raise awareness and make people realize they should be compassionate...