Stacie Sherman
Journalist, Author, Blogger
Tag: love
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Autism and Finding Holiday Joy
What do our special kids really want for the holidays? What do you buy for a child who doesn’t make a list? Who doesn’t play with toys, or read, or care what they wear? Maybe we’re overthinking it.
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Ode to Jelly
Am I OK? How do I answer that? Right now I feel like I will never be OK. My 23-year-old daughter is moving into a group home in days, and I’m not OK. Externally, I guess I’m OK. I woke up today, I didn’t cry. I got stuff done. I just packed another suitcase full…
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Soul Fatigued
Imagine having to build a padded room in your home to keep your daughter safe.
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Her Home
We visited her future group home this week. I wanted to hate it. No such luck. It was everything I could have wanted for my daughter, if I ever dreamed of her moving out. I don’t know that I did. But if I did, I would have wanted a big beautiful home in light colors…
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Life in Transition
I drive with my left hand on the wheel and my right on my daughter in the back seat. My husband scolds me for it. He can pound sand. Brielle usually just humors me by holding my hand loosely for maybe a minute if I’m lucky. In recent weeks, she’s been holding on longer. Just…
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The Ties That Bind
I had my ex-husband and his wife over the other night for wine, beer and charcuterie. This doesn’t happen often. In fact, it was the first time. But it was needed and healing. And a bit unreal. Our anxious adult son, who was working at the time, kept texting my ex to ask if everything…
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The missing piece
What makes me love him so much, is not only that I’m lucky to have him. It’s that he feels lucky to have me.