Writing

My first book-length work, The Year My Son and I Were Born, is a memoir about my first year with my son Thomas, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth. It will be released by the Globe Pequot Press in March, 2009.

Published essays

Lighting the Way  On Rudolph, Down syndrome, and gift-giving.               

Giving Back  From daughter to mother.

A Living Sacrifice  The unseen fruits of pregnancy.

Bitter, Sweet  Complex emotions about a child’s disability.

Shaulee’s Door   The suffering of children breaks a heart open.

Burning the Beast  Don’t clean up–just torch it all.

Greater Good  Freedom yields pain; pain yields love.

Rings and Repentance  A merciful woman forgives a thief.