In September I drove to Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi, to spend a day at a retreat with Thich…
Little big thought
I aspire to be the person my child knows me to be.
Huh? What?
Many people with autism, including my son Nicholas, struggle with verbal communication and clarity of shared social meaning. But most…
Sister Chan Khong on Wanting to Be Beautiful
“I think that it is the nature of everyone to want to be beautiful. Everyone tries to be beautiful, even…
What we know.
My son, Nicholas, is 13 and has autism. He often understands things people don’t think he understands and doesn’t understand…
Margaret Atwood on story
“There’s the story, then there’s the real story, then there’s the story of how the story came to be told.…
Marianne Williamson on War in Modern Times
Ray Hemachandra: Marianne, are there times when moral imperatives call for war? Must certain evils — evils that peace may…
Do you love?
Do we love? Do we love another person less because he or she happened to be born in another country…
Top 10 List: Things to Remember When Working with Autistic and Other Disabled Children
I recently did a recorded presentation for an online class at Western Carolina University–Biltmore Campus for students working to become…
Ask Your Angels: An Interview with Doreen Virtue
(Below are excerpts from two of my interviews with my friend Doreen Virtue, who also wrote for me as a…
