Summer for a Child with Special Needs: So Glad it’s Almost Over
Photo by Tiffany Published in ChicagoNow, August 22, 2016 Of the many challenges that families of children with significant special needs...
Aug 21, 2016
School Dress Codes: Teaching Body Shaming to Young Girls
Dress code violation for wearing a “tank top” Published in ChicagoNow, August 16, 2016 My nine-year-old granddaughter violated the dress...
Aug 15, 2016
Back to School: Why a Seven-Year-Old Boy is Sad to Return
My grandson’s own creation — some kind of robot, of course Published in ChicagoNow, August 10, 2016 This is a journey into the mind of my...
Aug 9, 2016
Grief Loss and Queen Annes Lace
Photo by Kathy Clark Published in ChicagoNow , August 3, 2016 As I see my mother’s favorite wildflower, Queen Anne’s Lace, popping up in...
Aug 2, 2016
Donald Trump: Please Don't Equate Presidential Debates and Football
Even a child can figure out how to watch two things on at the same time. Photo by Kari Jasus. Published in ChicagoNow, August 1, 2016...
Jul 31, 2016
Thank You Michelle Obama
USP photo Published in ChicagoNow, July 26, 2016 Last week, I was in despair. Donald J. Trump had painted such a dark picture of his...
Jul 25, 2016
The Joy of a Real Bookstore
Published in ChicagoNow, July 25, 2016 Recently, we took our grandkids to an actual, brick and mortar Barnes and Noble in a suburb of...
Jul 24, 2016
The Secret Life of Pets As Seen Through the Eyes of a Seven-Year-Old Boy
Published in ChicagoNow, July 18, 2016 at 1:49 pm The Secret Life of Pets is definitely a movie to attend with kids. We happened to take...
Jul 17, 2016
Hope and Despair and Last Week’s Killings
In honor of John Lennon who sang, “Imagine all the people living life in peace.” Published in ChicagoNow, July 11, 2016 Yesterday at the...
Jul 10, 2016
Immigrants Made America Great Mr. Trump: My Grandfather’s Story
My grandfather working in his store in Detroit – just as I remembered it Published in ChicagoNow, June 30, 2016 In June of 1885, the...
Jun 29, 2016