Hi, I’m Meg, and I have a rare disease called Spinocerebellar Ataxia – Type 1. I used to be a high school English teacher, but now I’m a stay-at-home mom who’s sharing this next chapter of my life (& attempting to promote SCA awareness) through this blog.
Like most pre-pandemic high school teachers, I had an admittedly hard time managing cell phones in my classroom. And now students are supposed to sit in front of a computer screen all day and learn?
Granted, most of my assignments were done through Google Classroom anyway, but how do you get teens to focus every single day when they have the WORLD at their fingertips? Continue reading “Using YouTube for Technology-Based Teaching”
One of the most universally challenging parts of pregnancy – something every new parent goes through – is creating the registry for your baby shower.
Continue reading “My “Disability-Proof” Newborn Baby Registry”
Despite no longer teaching, when Gov. Cuomo announced that NYS school buildings would remain closed for the rest of this academic year, it broke my heart. I can’t imagine just leaving my classroom one Friday and then, kind of out of nowhere, not returning. I had months of preparation to deal with my resignation last year, and it was still unbelievably difficult.
I really had every intention of posting a cute Easter picture of my baby last Sunday.
But then I got sad because his first holiday couldn’t be spent with family. And then I got mad because people were shamelessly posting pictures of themselves doing the very thing I was upset about. And then I got frustrated because the result of their selfishness is that my kid’s next holiday might be spent the same way.
All (good) parents know, as Megan is finding out, love is one of life’s greatest paradoxes. As in, the more you give, the more you have.
Which is different than if I had a pile of oranges – or in these coronavirus times, rolls of toilet paper. If I chose to give away my oranges – or my rolls of toilet paper – every time I give one away, I would have less for myself.
Continue reading “GUEST POST: Love is Not a Pile of Oranges”