Within the same year, I was both diagnosed with a neurological disability and placed into the honors program at my elementary school. As the only student with a disability in my class, I…
When someone meets me for the first time, they probably presume my life is picture perfect. But they are mistaken. Something invisible is wrong with me. Almonds. Apples. Avocados. Bananas. Berries.…
I frequently look up at the stars at night because it is a reminder to me that our everyday worries are pretty insignificant. When I think about my life in the big picture…
A neighborhood mom reminded me, “Don’t forget, you are the chocolate chip in the chocolate chip cookie, you don’t need to stand out more than you already do!”Who knew there was so much…
My unlikely adventure with a special “flaunter”began about nine years after I graduated from Cornell’s College of Arts & Sciences. I knocked around for a few years before deciding to head back…
Last summer, I got a letter from our soon-to-be ten-year-old daughter from sleep-away camp. It was six sentences long and about fifty words. A few were misspelled and some punctuation was missing, but…
It seems like yesterday that my daughter, husband and I were huddled around the ultrasound technician as she searched to see if we were having a boy or girl during our 20 week…
A few months ago, right after I finished my first year of law school at Brooklyn Law my Mom and I decided to go on a trip to Boston. We were so excited…
I was getting a manicure a couple of years ago when the woman sitting next to me suggested to me that Botox might be very helpful. She was referring to my right hand.…
My son, Jai Srinivasan, is six years old and a pediatric stroke survivor. As a result, the left side of his body is weak, so physical therapy is a daily routine for him.…
Our son, Cole Aiden Gottlieb, has Spastic Quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy. At only 8 years old, he has already experienced more than many people will in their lifetime. Due to Cole’s spasticity within his…
The day my son Alex was born was both one of the happiest and most terrifying days of my life. He had big blue eyes, beautifully smooth skin and a face so…
There is never a time when I’ve watched a magic show that I didn’t see the awe of amazement in the faces of the audience. The smiles that lit up the faces…