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March 2013

March 11, 2013

When Conflicting Stories Are Both True: Illness, Identity, and the Tales We Tell of Living with Disability

In his vast and gripping book, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search...

March 07, 2013

Bless Those Who Curse You (& Don’t Call Them Eugenicists, Moral Monsters, or Murderers)

A friend recently sent me an article written by an Australian man who has the...

March 04, 2013

The Dangers of “Solutionism” Applied to Our Always Less-than-Perfect Children

In the New York Times Sunday Review yesterday, Evgeny Morosov defines "solutionism" as "an intellectual...

February 2013

February 06, 2013

Abortion Isn’t the Only Reproductive Issue for Christians to Care About

I have a post on Think Christian about how the Christian preoccupation with abortion has...

February 04, 2013

Is It OK to Ask Someone About a Disability or Injury?

In our society, which has made so many strides in accessibility and understanding about various...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Broken Bones, School Shootings, Divine Intentions, and Why We Suffer

As the one-year anniversary of my book publication approaches in January, I’m devoting Fridays from...

December 07, 2012

“We Have to Consider the Quality of Our Children”: IVF, a Nobel Prize, and Cultural Confusion Around Reproductive Ethics

As the one-year anniversary of my book publication approaches in January, I’m devoting Fridays from...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

No Amount of Yoga or Perseverence Will Allow Me to Run

I have a tendency to stare overlong at the many runners who come to my...

November 23, 2012

I Don’t Want to Be an Inspiration, I Just Want to Be Human

As the one-year anniversary of my book publication approaches in January, I’m devoting Fridays from...

November 16, 2012

Which Story Do You Live By?

As the one-year anniversary of my book publication approaches in January, I'm devoting Fridays from...

November 13, 2012

When Parents Hope for Their Children to be Cured, Are We Really Wishing That They “Cease to Be”?

Messages about Andrew Solomon's new book, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

The Slippery Nature of Suffering: How Do We Decide What Makes Suffering Unbearable?

In Lois Lowry's novel The Giver, young Jonas knows nothing—absolutely nothing—about pain and suffering until...

September 2012

September 20, 2012

What Shane Claiborne (& Mother Teresa!) Got Wrong: On Being the Body of Christ with Imperfect Bodies

Last spring, I heard a terrific talk from Shane Claiborne at the Festival of Faith...

September 06, 2012

An Untold Story About Prescription Painkillers (Mine)

I take prescription painkillers every day, but I am not an addict. According to the...

September 04, 2012

The Life and Death of My Tattoo: Postscript

People keep talking about my tattoo. Everyone has a different take on the story of...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

We Pushed Our Luck, and Got This Guy: Deciding to Have the Third Baby

(Editorial Note: I'm including an excerpt from my book below, so this is more an...

July 18, 2012

Valuing Life, Preventing Suffering: A Central Tension in Genetic Screening for Disability

I'm attending and speaking at the 3rd annual Summer Institute on Theology and Disability, held...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

A Conversation About Reproductive Decisions and Faith

I was privileged to have a wonderful conversation several weeks ago with Martha Manikas-Foster, who...

March 2012

March 12, 2012

Basic Info for New Readers Who Read About Me in the Hartford Courant

Hartford Courant columnist Rick Green featured me and my book, No Easy Choice: A Story...

March 07, 2012

Who Should Read My Book? And Why?

Yesterday, I had a great conversation at a local coffeehouse with Rick Green, a columnist...

March 01, 2012

A Mom Asks Santorum to “Meet My Son”

Presidential contender Rick Santorum recently criticized the Obama administration's health care reform because it requires...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

The God of Whiners

Last Thursday, my writer-blogger-OI-mom friend Rachel and I (we refer to ourselves as the "OI...

February 23, 2012

Revisiting the Daisies (Or, Why the Online World Isn’t All Bad)

My Facebook news feed yesterday morning was full of good-byes from friends who will fast...

February 21, 2012

Five Really Bad Excuses for Parking in a Handicapped Space When You Shouldn’t

Several years ago, I drove my daughter Leah to school one icy morning. Because slippery,...

February 20, 2012

Six Ways to Be Hospitable Toward People with Disabilities

Update: This post refers to people with physical disabilities. I would love to hear hospitality...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

Why Prenatal Screening for Gender and for Disabilities are Not the Same

When writing about reproductive ethics, I’m not in the business of telling people what to...

January 13, 2012

Family Portrait: September 29, 2003

*This is an excerpt from the introduction to my book, No Easy Choice: A Story...