Sarah loved telling jokes and knock-knock jokes were a particular favorite. She had a page of them on her speech device. Knock-knock, who’s there? Boo. Boo who? You don’t have to cry, it’s just a knock-knock joke. I’m told a lot of kids with neurological, developmental or speech issues like knock-knock jokes. They like the… Continue reading Physical Comedy
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Project Linus
A friend messaged and said she had a bunch of jigsaw puzzles she could send me if I needed puzzles. It brought me back to a few years ago, Early and Pre-Pandemic when I was doing 1000 and 1500 piece puzzles pretty regularly. It was my obsession slash compulsion for a while, and then it… Continue reading Project Linus
Fantasy Children
I started watching a documentary yesterday on MAX (yes, we finally are able to get it) about a young Ukrainian girl with disabilities who was adopted by an Indiana family who then gave up on her and basically tried to dump her in a strange town without any resources. It’s called The Curious Case of… Continue reading Fantasy Children
Witches
This morning I woke up feeling somewhere between okay and pretty good for once. Not fantastic or super-pumped, but stable and not on the edge of tears all the time like I have been so much lately. Hmmm. Now I just have to get out ahead of myself before I start feeling guilty about feeling… Continue reading Witches
Pool Party
Dad is back at our place for a few days to oversee the renovation of his new apartment at the Place Where He Is Moving To, and we will have lunch there and meet some other residents. Dad is really looking forward to meeting people and getting involved in the groups at the PWHIMT and… Continue reading Pool Party
Magic is the Moonlight
Last night I was brushing my teeth, getting ready for bed, and while I was brushing I studied the decor in our upstairs bathroom. We live in a 1941 colonial with three very tiny upstairs bedrooms and one small upstairs bathroom that I guess you could call Art Deco. It’s got yellow and black original… Continue reading Magic is the Moonlight
Holidays
Last night I dreamed that I was teaching a small class of middle schoolers or high schoolers some sort of elective. I hadn’t really prepared a curriculum and was sort of BS-ing my way through the lesson, which consisted of walking around our neighborhood park and pointing out various conifers and their rate of growth.… Continue reading Holidays
Higher Power
Today we may or may not go to a Memorial Day Barbecue put on by Max’s AA group that will be held prior to their meeting. It depends on the weather and how I’m feeling. I guess if I go to the BBQ I’ll probably end up staying for the AA meeting too. I’ve been… Continue reading Higher Power
Wishbone
The Wall Street Journal said today that prison inmates are looking forward to meeting Elizabeth Holmes (the convicted founder of Theranos) and have said “I want to be her friend.” Well, I’m glad that Elizabeth, or Liz as she goes by now (I think), is going to have a support system in prison and that… Continue reading Wishbone
Slide Show
HBO Max rebranded itself into Max some time in the last few days and for some reason we can’t get the app to work on our streaming system anymore. We can open it and get a few frames of a show, like a slide show almost, and then a message comes up saying there’s a… Continue reading Slide Show
The First Year Without Sarah 