Riley is a happy, handsome and loving six year old who has had a rough road. He has special needs and doesn’t communicate in any way. He’s had multiple surgeries, feeding issues and has Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.
Lennox-Gastaut is specific to seizures - this syndrome means that Riley has severe seizures that don’t respond to medications. Riley [...]
Joy! My next-door neighbors discovered a magnificent dragonfly on a hanging plant. It was kind of upside down and very still. I ran for my camera, and was able to get several good pictures. It never moved, although two of us and our cameras surrounded the poor little thing. Later, my neighbor moved the plant, [...]
Written by Sarah Sonnemann. My first child, Joseph, is nine years old. For the first 22 months of his life, he was developing normally. Then, he got sick: double ear infection and fever. His fever climbed to almost 104 degrees. We put him in a lukewarm bath and applied a wet washcloth, plus the doctor [...]
Slideshow of pictures by my brother, David Crook
Creatures of Arizona Slideshow: David Crook’s trip from Phoenix, Arizona, United States to Tombstone was created by TripAdvisor. See another Tombstone slideshow. Take your travel photos and make a slideshow for free.
Lillian is a beautiful, intelligent, active and happy three-year-old living in Green, Ohio. In December of 2009 Lily had her first seizure. This seizure was ruled a Status Epiliptic (that is a seizure that does not stop without medical intervention). Since then Lily has had four more seizures. Three have been Status (one lasting three-and-a-half [...]
Jack Vorfeld had presence. It seems like only yesterday that a group of us stood around Jack’s bed in a hospice facility and said goodbye. Although he’d been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on October 7, he had been sick a couple of months, and no one could seem to determine what was wrong.
We were [...]
Recently I went to a nearby industrial park in Glendale that has some beautiful water birds. So far this fall I’ve only seen mallard ducks. This summer the pond was drained and left for awhile, and just recently did the mallards show up. I’m hoping the white-crested ducks make an appearance, and some gorgeous geese, [...]
Story about a Swiss family who just got an autism service dog.
Here’s the link to the family blog (if you understand German…but the pictures are worth the visit!)
Do you cringe when someone reviews your work and says you’re making mistakes with commas? Never fear. I’m here to help.
Q. How do I know if and when to use a comma to set off words near the beginning of a sentence?
A. Use a comma after elements that begin a sentence and also come before [...]
