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Miracle Monday: “When Autism Speaks” with Ellen Bry

Posted in Miracle Mondays, autism, tagged , , , on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Recently CatholicMom.com ran an interview that I did with Ellen Bry, star of “Lost and Found Family.” Ellen is the mother of three grown children, including two sons with autism. I was delighted when Ellen took time to chat with me about what it’s like to raise — singlehandedly — two young men with special [...]

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Miracle Monday: “My Sister Alicia May” Reviewed by Leticia Velasquez

Posted in book review, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My Sister Alicia May
Written by Nancy Tupper Ling
Illustrated by Shennen Bersani
Pleasant St. Press 2009
My friend Leticia sent me this review, which was published on “Catholic Media Review.” This children’s book is about the big sister of a Down syndrome child, Alicia May. It reads in part:
Sister relationships are complex and beautiful things. When one of [...]

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Miracle Mondays: Guest Post by Catholic Matriarch

Posted in Miracle Mondays, grief, tagged , , on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today I’d like to direct you over to “Catholic Matriarch,” who recently posted this amazing story about a woman who chose to bring to term her child, who because of a rare genetic disorder survived only 10 minutes.
“I was so happy I did what I did,” little Angela’s mom says of her decision to bring her infant daughter to term. [...]

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Monday Miracles: RIP, Mean Mommy!

Posted in parenting, tagged , , on May 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Last night my son didn’t want a book story. He wanted a “Mommy story.” It had been a rough day — lots of snarking about the unreasonable and arbitrary limitations mothers put on their poor, defenseless children. (I’m paraphrasing here.) Listening to him, I couldn’t help but wonder if I’m destined to join the ranks of [...]

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Miracle Monday: Ben’s Bells Project

Posted in grief, inspiration, mercy, tagged , , , , , on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Update: On April 15 I got a note from Ben’s mother, thanking me for the post … and letting me know that, two years after Ben’s death, they adopted two girls from Russia!
On March 29, 2002 — Good Friday seven years ago — three-year-old Ben Packard suddenly died of croup. His parents desperately wanted to find [...]

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Miracle Mondays: Tootsie Roll Trials

Posted in inspiration, tagged on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This week the Knights of Columbus are doing their annual “Tootsie Roll Drive” to benefit local mental health support services, including the St. Louis Center and Special Olympics. We hand out Tootsie Rolls in exchange for small donations.
In one sense, we could have picked a better weekend. It was cold and blustery, spitting little raindrops [...]

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Miracle Monday: “In Your Eyes” by Victoria Ashmore

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on January 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Kristen West McGuire — a friend and true Extraordinary Mom, and editor of the Catholic women’s newsletter “My Secret Is Mine” – recently sent me this poem that I thought I’d share with you as today’s “MM” entry. It’s written by the mother of an autistic boy, Christopher. And yet, it expresses with simple eloquence every mother’s heart [...]

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