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January 26, 2019
“Oh, I wish I could play the piano like you do!” How many times have I heard this comment over the years?
“But I’ll bet you wouldn’t want to spend all of the hours in lessons and practicing,” is my usual response. And then we both smile in the recognition that their env...
January 19, 2019
“Which is better… 1 or 2?… A or B? Now is this one better… or is it worse?”
After about ten minutes of eyes straining at the chart, trying to decide which answer to give, hoping he wasn’t giving me trick questions, I settled back into my chair and waited for the eye doc...
January 12, 2019
“Mommy! Help me with this worm. Please, Mommy!”
“Just a minute. Mommy needs to row out a little farther and let down the anchor again.”
I had taken my three little ones out fishing one bright, sunny afternoon. The rock pile that was always a good hideout for bass and per...
January 5, 2019
"If you call me at the restaurant and you don't hear anything when someone picks up the phone, just start talking. It's me."
When I was a student in clinical voice disorders, my client stuttered. His greatest fear was saying his own name. Imagine that! Unfortunately for...