Blood, Bandaids, and Tears by Margaret Hart


During the last few weeks, my son has been to the school nurse twice and the hospital emergency room once. More on the ER in a minute. In fact he's been to the school nurse so often in his three short years in elementary school, that the nurse and I ...

Virtual Playdates – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers


Last Thursday, my son started coming down with an illness that I could have sworn was in need of a minimum of antibiotics. He was sneezing relentlessly, was inconsolable with his stuffy nose, had a sore throat that even water irritated, and a cough that sounded wet and deep. He ...