It’s difficult to put thoughts about our one-of-a-kind friend Sheelagh into words, so I am very grateful to my husband Mike Knezovich for doing that for us in his guest post today. In August of 1986, our son — name still to be determined — was getting ready to be born. About the same time, […]

The emotions that come with loving an adult child who has significant disabilities can be difficult to put into words, but when a reporter interviewed my husband Mike for a story about our son Gus in this month’s Bethesda Messenger, Gus’ dad found just the right things to say. Gus and his three roommates moved […]

Here’s my husband Mike with a guest post for Father’s Day. My mom was combative, politically opinionated, a 5′ 1″ ball of fire. My dad? Polar opposite. He had a quiet power. As a child, I’d watch the clock. Every single day, he’d pull up the driveway at 5:00 in his ratty car–he always got […]

Whitney and I had a ball at the Youth Literature Festival in Champaign last week, and the highlight of the entire event was meeting Kayla, a delightful second grader at Westview Elementary School. I usually don’t let kids pet Whitney when she has her harness on, but this was an exception. Kayla is blind, and she’d […]

What a great trip to Denver! In-between a baseball game with a puppy-in-training, a one-on-one tour of the 16th Street Mall with the head security cop there (don’t ask!), a nature walk with an old friend from my days working at the Kane County Cougars and the discovery of a new favorite beer afterwards (90 […]