A New Male Figure

  Lately, our monkey has been surprising us over and over. For example, I was so nervous I couldn’t sleep for days worrying about how he would react to summer school, different school, different teachers, different bus drivers, etc.   Our physical therapist tried to calm me down.  She told me, “He will surprise you.” And he…

An Open Letter to Our First Pediatric Neurologist

    Dear Sir, When we walked into your office, we were tired.  We had to go to three pediatricians in order to receive a referral just to see you.  The first two pediatricians didn’t think my monkey was struggling.   They assumed he was just a typical boy, a little slower than girls, just a little…

Courage.

Yesterday was my monkey’s first dentist appointment. Actually his first one was when he was 6 months old. But I don’t think that one counts. When the dentist asked us why it took us so long to make an appointment, my answer was simple. I didn’t have the courage to bring him here. Courage. Something…