The Bus to Happiness

Posted: June 14, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: being Korean, disability, Down syndrome, the husband, The System | Tags: , , , , , | 12 Comments

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don’t think there is anything such as complete happiness. It pains me that there is still a lot of Klan activity and racism. I think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for. I haven’t reached that stage yet.  ~Rosa Parks

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Potential, Disability, and Human Worth

Posted: June 7, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: disability | Tags: , , , , | 19 Comments

So what is potential?  Is it a bottle that we fill, predestined to be a certain size at birth?  Is it a balloon that stretches and deflates according to our circumstances?  What, specifically, are we discussing here?  Potential for what?  Happiness?  Wealth?  Influence?  Raw ability?  What kind of ability? Read the rest of this entry »

Ferbertizing My Eggs

Posted: June 4, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: embarrassing moments, funny stuff, parenting | Tags: , , , | 10 Comments

This morning Mouse and Chipmunk wanted to talk about their parts.  Yeah, those parts.  Specifically, I walked in on them sitting on Mouse’s loft bed, comparing their girly bits.  When I opened the door to get them ready for the morning, Chipmunk cheerfully announced, “Look, Mommy, we looking at our pee-pee places!  Mina has big one!”  Best thing ever to hear first thing in the morning.  

Last year, I wrote about a talk between me and Mouse on a very related topic.  It seems appropriate to share it now, despite that it is an old discussion.  And really, all awkward sex talk is timeless.
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