A Mommy Story

In all of the stress I've had over Cordy starting kindergarten this year, I've barely mentioned that Mira will be starting a whole new class as well. Actually, TWO new classes. Last spring, Mira went for an evaluation with our school district to see if she should be placed in special needs preschool this year. There's no chance this kid has autism - as the evaluation clearly proved - but her speech issues persist. She has speech apraxia, meaning that while she can hear and understand everyt

If I'm Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right

Published on 2010-08-20 07:25:00

Cordy begins kindergarten next week. I know many moms tear up at the thought of the start of "formal" school, and I'm holding in the water works, too, although for different reasons. After all, Cordy's nearly six years old - she could have started kindergarten last year, but Aaron and I made the choice to give her one more year to prepare, holding firm in our belief that she would be ready for a mainstream classroom this year.My tears come at the reality that she will be in a special-needs kinde

Heaven Help Us When She's Sixteen. Or Four.

Published on 2010-08-16 05:36:00

You'd think that with a second child I'd feel like less of a novice mother. I've been through it all once, so the second time through is just a refresher, only this time I know what mistakes not to make, right?Right?Ha.Miranda is a child so different from Cordelia that I often find myself wondering if Cordy is really mine and I imagined the whole idea of raising her from a baby. Because Mira makes me doubt all of my parenting knowledge on a daily - hourly - basis. When Cordy was three years

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