As a child, I dealt with several ear infections, a few resulting in my eardrum rupturing. As a young adult, my eardrum again ruptured twice – once from being hit in the ear by a football and the other during a delayed landing of my airplane flight. Because of...
Michael, Michael, Michael is very dear to my heart. The grandson of Carol, my best friend for over 40 years, is autistic. I have always been amazed by what a supportive family they have. Not only does this child have terrific patient parents and doting siblings, but...
As you have most likely guessed by now, my stories are most often based on children or events that I have experienced in my life. Never Too Little was conceived while I was standing in line years ago to get tested for bone marrow. A little girl in Knoxville, Tennessee...
What Gram Remembers was inspired from my time as an Activities Director at a nursing home. It was quickly apparent that on the Memory Wing of the facility, fewer people visited including the children of that wing’s residents. However, when someone did get...
Over the years, I have volunteered at various homeless family shelters. This volunteer time is what inspired me to write A New Friend. It’s easier than you think for a family to become temporarily homeless. In my experience, homeless families are rarely lazy. Often...
I wrote Josh Sees Colors when my grandson was three and is now 28. I was visiting my daughter Michelle in Texas to help with Christopher during her college semester finals. I was outside playing with Christopher, and Julie, Michelle’s neighbor, yelled at me to come...
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