Robert Rummel-Hudson's first book, Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter, tells the story of raising a little girl with a disability and learning to become the father she needs.
I'm going to start off by saying that I had no idea who Bernie Goldberg was before this. A few minutes on Wikipedia and his own website told me plenty, that he's got a snappy suit with a nice tie, and that he's a conservative writer with a penchant for hyperbolic book titles. And that's fine, really. There are plenty of conservative writers whom I've admired in the past. (Well, "plenty" ...
I'm bracing myself for the Conservative backlash against the commemorations already beginning in honor of Senator Edward Kennedy, who passed away last night. Those of you who feel like doing a little dance on the man's grave would be well advised to do it far away from me or my family, or any of the tens of thousands of families just like ours. Or, if you really look at it, probably families just ...
Okay, so I keep getting email about President Obama's "Special Olympics" remark on Leno last night, so I thought I'd address it here. I don't seem to be seeing a lot of reaction to other special needs parenting writers on the subject, but I suspect that's because most of them see the big picture. So here's my take, in handy bulleted form:It wasn't a very clever remark, and it was ...
Memoirs are written for a lot of different reasons. Simply put, I wrote Schuyler’s Monster for the same reason that I have done just about anything of worth over the past seven years. Schuyler deserves a voice. She deserves to be heard, and the story of her fight against her invisible monster is the most inspiring one that I have known. That it has fallen to me to be the one to share it ...
