I remember sitting on the old bin table. I must have been only about three-years-old. My Nani talked to me while she measured ingredients. She gave me the cups and spoonfuls to pour into the mixing bowl. Some of them required two hands. I also tried to stir, my uncoordinated child’s hands barely shifting the contents of the mixing bowl ( Read more... )

Some of the best memories of my childhood are those involving the animals I grew up with. We always had animals, and they were some of my best friends ( Read more... )

The world is a wondrous place. It’s full of surprises, twists and turns. Made up of so many different kinds of people, there is no place like earth. At least not that we know about. Raising a child in this big wide world is a tough job and takes a lot of courage, stamina, thought, love, patience, and decision making if done right. I don’t have ( Read more... )

If you had asked me at age eighteen where I’d be when I was thirty-four-years-old, as I am now, I would have had it all planned out. I’d be married and have a few kids. I’d hoped to own a farm where I would give riding lessons to people with disabilities. I’d be doing serious fundraising and grant writing so that I could expand my programs to ( Read more... )

As part of my degree I needed three credits in some kind of art; literature, music, theater, it didn’t matter exactly which I chose. I decided on introduction to music. It looked like it was laid out to be a music appreciation class. The benefits were that it was online in the summer, making it easy to squeeze in around work hours. Also, I had ( Read more... )

I tap my foot onto the talking scale ( Read more... )

I am the dog food snob ( Read more... )

“Your dog is wagging his tail ( Read more... )

If you flush the toilet at night a big snake looking water monster will slither out of it and get you ( Read more... )

I walk through a crowd and I am jostled about as I get too close to other people, or as they don’t see me and walk into me. They shout out hurried apologies, or rush passed saying nothing. I am easily over stimulated and try to hold my breath. I attempt to find a way out of the crowd, a quiet corner, or a wall to stand near ( Read more... )