13 hours agoWords Speak Volumes When Speech is Taught with LoveTo the woman who was kind to heart-broken parents: Thank You Fear and anger were wedged in my throat the day I met the woman who would become our guide through our son’s future. That was six-and-a- half-years ago and over this time the speech therapist whose office we searched…Autism Spectrum Disorder9 min read
2 days agoTears Are Roadmaps Back to the CauseThose springing from change are clusters, like fists, holding onto certainty and routine until they can be let go.Poetry2 min readTears Are Roadmaps Back to the CausePhotos by photographer Rose-Lynn FisherThose springing from change are clusters, like fists,holding onto certainty and routine until they can be let go.----
3 days agoThe Girl and the CrowLike an ice skater in full circular swing, she ushered away oncoming traffic from the wounded bird; a magician aligned with the mantra of the handkerchief trick.Poetry2 min read
Jun 12The Heart in Head HuntingThe phrase ‘head hunter’ may sound very scary, but if you put it together with the talent-finding genius of Katerina Andreou, all the scary goes out of it. You are left with emotionally boosted and head-screwed on right professionalism to get the right candidate the right job and the right…Employment6 min read
Jun 5Love that Carries on for TwoWhen you feel you might understand who someone was because of the way the love of their life talks about their absence, you know you are in the presence of a poetic love. The one part of this love story is Lisa Suhair Majaj who, in fact, is a poet…Death4 min read
May 29The Man Who Won’t Sit Still“I would have a vineyard and make wine.” This is the answer Paul Koronis gave me about 20-years ago when I asked him what his perfect job or life would look like. I imagined him standing on top of a hillside in Italy or Spain, looking over his large patch…Motivation5 min read
May 22When Raw Talent Snaps You UpTalent, you either have it or you don’t. Don’t argue. My talent is letting you talk to yourself, make you think I am agreeing with everything you are saying while studying your body language and the setting around us, and then remembering it all to be used in some kind…Photography3 min read
Apr 27Waiting for the Carousel to stopI feel my tongue punched down, with its flaps trying to push up on its sides, fighting silence, fighting swallowed words, fighting sarcasm at every turn. I feel my brain bubble within itself, containing the internal monologue that only I hear, that only I understand, that only I can connect…Poetry2 min read
Apr 17Change: From Losing Your Virginity to Entering a Chamber of MirrorsWhen I lost my virginity, I booked my first ever pap test with a woman gynecologist. The anticipation for the test was almost as thrilling as the anticipation of actually having sex. …Gynecologist5 min read
Apr 10Frankly, My Dear, You are A SexistYou can call me darling all you want but that won’t change the fact that you really have no idea what you are doing, and you are trying to put me in a weaker position than the one I am in, which is that of a woman. A woman with…Sexism4 min read
