A blog about service, mishaps and life. Deep Sea Fishing on the Kingfisher. Mistaken for Prostitutes in Paris.

Care and Feeding of Your Millennial Monster. And then I got pregnant. I had been dating the guy on and off for a few months, though I had invited. I was far from responsible. I found my clothes and dressed. I was going to be a Mom. They tried to stop me, to talk to me, they wanted to help me think things through, but it was too late.

This morning I walked the single block from my office to Emanuel amE. Sure, I had seen the photos and videos all over the news, and they broke my heart, but to actually see Mother Emanuel in person brought on an entirely different wave of emotions numbness to anger to pure grief.

Stories of preparation, arrival, and thereafter to be expected. From happy to scary in no time.

Raising my ADHD, PDD-NOS, Out-of-Sync Daughter. Books on Sensory Processing Disorder in Children. There are certain Special Needs. Parents and caregivers who seem to be able to find each other anywhere. Like members of a secret Order, we recognize the signs and spot each other from across parks, in restaurants, in the workplace, or at birthday parties. Our conversation continued for another two hours until .

Sweet and Sour Thoughts on the 21st Century. To celebrate the new year at one of the solstices or equinoxes would make more sense. The line between December 31.