Month: June 2011

  • Welcome to Holland

    Speaking of foreign lands…. I probably could not count the number of times people have sent me this essay.? In case you have never read it…   WELCOME TO HOLLAND by Emily Perl Kingsley. c1987 by Emily Perl Kingsley. All rights reserved I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with […]

  • JT + L {Phoenix Pregnancy Photographer}

    You know what this means!? I have another newborn coming!? Yippeee for me. I love the above pictures of JT and Lindsay.? They are anxiously awaiting their baby girl and it shows in their celebration of this new little life.? I am so glad we got to capture the final stretch on digital “film” and […]

  • Foreigner in a Foreign Land

    In the last post, I discussed ToM and NLD but in this post I want to explain it using an analogy.? Maybe this analogy would be good to share with children as well because I think ?story telling? helps those of us that can empathize, to relate better.   Pretend that you are shipwrecked and […]

  • Theory of Mind and Non Verbal Learning Disability

    As I have read back through several of these postings, I have realized that I have used the same phrase several times without explaining it.? ?Ty will never understand social awareness intrinsically ? he will have to learn it?.   One should never say ?never? so that could be better stated but I wrote it […]

  • Strawberries

    Scene:? I am sitting at dining room table with Tanner teaching his math lesson shortly after I have bathed Tori.? Tori preferred her bunny towel that Aunt Brooke made her as opposed to getting dressed. Me:? Oh Tori!? Can I take your picture?? You look so cute.? Hold on right there and don’t move until […]