I’m guest blogging this week on Tavis Smiley’s PBS website, where you can find a version of this piece: —– How should parents react when they discover that a child faces significant challenges? When mothers and fathers learn that a young son or daughter suffers from a developmental disorder or serious illness, they find themselves [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
‘I Am Not Going to Grieve’
Posted in Parenting Tagged autism, father, Following Ezra, grief, grieving, son, Tavis Smiley, Tom Fields-Meyer 2 Comments
‘Do you have your books?’
I’m guest blogging this week on the Jewish Book Council Blog and Members of the Scribe. Here’s today’s post, on how Ezra derives comfort from some of his favorite books: Every Saturday morning, I ask my son Ezra the same question. As our family prepares to head out for the walk to synagogue, I stop Ezra [...]
Posted in Following Ezra, Parenting Tagged autism, books, Dog Breed Bible, Pixarpedia, synagogue Leave a comment
Struggling with The Divine
I’m guest blogging this week on the Jewish Book Council Blog and Members of the Scribe. Here’s my first piece, on talking to Ezra about God: I was a guest on a radio talk show last week when the interviewer offered a question that caught me off guard. In the midst of a discussion about raising [...]
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‘The healing power of patience, creativity, family, and community’
Enjoy this beautiful conversation with illustrator/author Tom Lichtenheld, coauthor of E-mergency!, about what he learned from his coauthor, Ezra.
