Seizing What Could Be
Last spring, my son was at soccer practice on a Friday night after school. The coaches—of which I was one—divided the kids up into two lines to teach them how to pass the ball to each other and then run to a spot near the goal to shoot and score. The drill required the passer
This is a narrative role-play where I overlay my knowledge and experience of stuttering as remembered from my childhood with how I imagine my son is internalizing his perceptions. It is a perspective that is regularly top-of-mind as I go through the days with him and try to understand how he’s thinking about the way
“Some friends were making fun of me today, mama.” My son’s words caught my attention from across the room as I was making dinner. “What does ‘making fun of’ mean?” he asked. As I heard the question, I knew he was trying to tell us something that had happened at school that day, but he
Every Waking Moment 