N has always possessed astute insight and a sharp power to anticipate errors – both became apparent to me around the time he was 2 years old. I believe these skills to be double edged swords. I have always said in my own work that I believe that a high level of insight can cause […]
I wrote a piece in the lockdown about the importance of our “village”. This year we joined a new village as N moved into a new school for Grade R. A beautiful new community of special little people and their strong, brave parents. There is an invisible thread that connects the mothers of ‘atypical’ children […]
Recently on a Saturday morning I went to a ladies’ only function. The first thing someone asked me (while we were waiting to go inside) was whether my husband was babysitting our son. I replied that no, it’s not babysitting when it is actually your own child. The conversation died a swift death and we […]
MONKEY BEAR On a Tuesday night a few weeks ago, I listened to a talk by a fellow mom of a child with special needs. She beautifully and accurately described this form of parenting as a wave that ebbs and flows and never goes away. On the Wednesday morning I was hit by a tidal […]