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Categorically Speaking

Dubbed One name for a collection of can’ts, of never wills and less-thans, a singular bucket into which they dump the myriad ways she comes up short. Autism. The rusty scuttle whose name expands to…

MelindaApril 14, 2021

Autism Bink Family Love Parenting Poem Poetry Writing Yogabilities™

Ten years ago, April was designated Autism Awareness month. April 2 is World Autism Awareness day. There has been a movement towards renaming both of these, replacing awareness with acceptance . Robert Frost wrote," Always…

MelindaApril 1, 2021

Autism Bink Parenting

Literally

I suppose all parents have those first moments of recognition; the sudden realization that the world has pushed itself inside your child’s innocence, the bittersweet rush of comprehension that s/he will never be quite the…

MelindaMarch 2, 2021

Autism Bink Family Love Mindfulness Parenting Poem Poetry Writing

Notes from a Parallel Universe

I've written a fair amount about life with my adult child. As I plod ever so slowly towards creating a book about the journey, it occurs to me that the pace at which I'm working…

MelindaNovember 12, 2020

Autism Bink Family Love Parenting Poem Poetry Singing Uncategorized Writing

Me and My Shadow Go to Market

It is May 2020, still early in The Covid Times. We take ourselves to the market, by which I mean our whole selves, me in my layers of self-consciousness— the run of the mill kind…

MelindaOctober 26, 2020

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Gifts and Visitations

It’s been just over a month since my dear friend and soul sister Marina died, after a quick and nasty tussle with appendiceal cancer. She visits my consciousness daily, in ways both fleeting and substantial.…

MelindaJuly 31, 2020

Autism Bink Family Love Mindfulness Parenting Writing

Little Big Thing

“Stay in awe of life. The little things are the big things. “ ― Richie Norton “I’m cold.” Bink had just gotten up, a good hour later than she used to get up on any…

MelindaJune 13, 2020

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Prospecting for Grace

Praise The faithful sun, generously stirring energies of Earth and atmosphere, coaxing every green thing towards the rising song of spring. Parents walking with their children outside, smiling and laughing, nodding at neighbors out washing…

MelindaMarch 25, 2020

Autism Bink Family Love Parenting Poem Poetry Writing

The Uninvited Guests

What a time! We are seeing and hearing wide ranging effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on, it seems, every populated part of our planet. In our corner of the world, Bink's autism and accompanying dependence…

MelindaMarch 18, 2020

Autism Bink Family Love Mindfulness Nature Parenting Poem Poetry Women's Issues Writing

Harmonious Discord

This morning I walked early, mismatched garments layered to repel a cold, spitting rain. I’d pushed his baseball cap down hard over the knitted ear band I bought to share with her, which she most…

MelindaMarch 5, 2020

Gifts and Visitations

Little Big Thing

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