Introduction

My son was bereft when summer ended and he had to go back to school. At the end of his first day of middle school, I picked him up and, as usual, he asked me "what's for dinner?" Before waiting for me to answer he added:

"Let me guess, tears, bacon and a side of hope."

Who knows where that kind of thing comes from. EJ doesn't. EJ is twelve and just started 6th grade. He's wickedly smart, but he's also disabled. At two years of age EJ came down with a bad case of cancer. As a result, he lost some of his vision, some of his ability to walk, some of his IQ, some of his hearing, but not an iota of the essential EJ.

I'm a single mother and I live with EJ, our dog Pearl, our cat Billie and numerous dust bunnies in our home in Seattle.

I decided to start writing this blog to talk about parenting a disabled kid, living in the Northwest, loving Jesus and generally facing life in the 21st century.

Hope you enjoy!