Tag Archives: special needs

Why does everyone, all-of-a-sudden, have a service dog?

A Maine woman was booted from an airline this week allegedly because the airline suspected that she might be not really have a legitimate service animal.  In this case, the passenger happened to be blind and had a seeing eye dog. This  story hit home with me.  No, I’m not blind or disabled.  But I […]

Why my special needs son went on a turkey shoot

In case you didn’t know, I have a 17 year old son.  He’s just about perfect (except when he’s driving me insane).  My husband and I were foster parents and our second foster child was a tiny, five-pound, week-old little bald guy, wearing nothing but a diaper and smelling like cigarettes.  He and his sister […]