The meaning of life, I could not navigate or know what to do next without a coherent meaning of life, I needed my map, the directions to...

In the first four years after my fevers I had learned that memories were tied to emotions and I could sometimes get lost memories back by...

My other brother, one year older, had an advanced sense of humor. He would read Mad Magazine at nine and laugh and laugh. I could not...

I began to write prolifically, my own spelling, I could read my own messed up spelling, I wrote words as I heard them.  I did not realize...

My head swirled with all the stories my Grand Ma told me. I could not remember details but I could remember the concepts. I lived in a...

My mother asked her to teach me to read and spell. But she somehow knew better. Instead she gave me what I needed, homestyle therapy....

We moved across the highway a block on the other side and up a hill. We were surrounded by woods, bushes, and trees, the perfect...

The next two years at school are almost blank. I remember I had two dresses, homemade, and I alternated between them. One was red...

Life became epic, or others did, I was amazed at what they could do, and it fascinated me. Perhaps I rediscovered the world each day, but...

I felt trapped in my own body, I could not get out, I could not keep track of the outside world, and I could not find the right words or...

Lunch time came. Lunch can be a big thing for kids, especially when you were allowed to eat the lunch the school prepares, it is among...

I got well, and all seemed well. I could play with my toys, I could go outside, I still had my penny, my family was still there, my mommy...

I had been a sickly baby and child. My mom said I had nearly died six times by age six. We were extremely poor. Twice she had taken me...

My earliest memory is sitting on top of my father's shoulders along side of the park, I must have been very small as I could hardly see...

The family consisted of a wonderful mother, one of my unsung hero's, who was kind of nerdy but with a heart of gold.  She had had a mean...