Archive for February 2019

Including People with Special Needs in Religious Life

Including People with Special Needs in Religious Life
I have been writing about how many religious communities have no place for people with disabilities since I started blogging five-and-one-half years ago. Having grandkids with special needs can do that to a grandmother. I have heard explanations from we don’t do that to we have to create something separate to accomplish that. But all... Read more »
By Laurie Levy,
February 27, 2019 at 3:21 pm • 

The Power of Community: Finding Lucy

The Power of Community: Finding Lucy
Lucy is one lucky dog. She had just joined my daughter’s family, a rescue dog with a sad two-year history of loss and disruption. Her original owner in Kentucky died. Somehow, she ended up in Evanston via Wagging Hearts, being fostered by a caring family, until she joined her forever family. For all of four... Read more »
By Laurie Levy,
February 16, 2019 at 9:13 am • 

The Letters: A Valentine's Day Message From My Late Parents

The Letters: A Valentine's Day Message From My Late Parents
My mother bequeathed all of the love letters she and my father wrote to each other during World War II to me.  After my father died, she made me promise to keep them and I did. Over 400 of them languished in my basement, unread for almost four years. A combination of guilt and curiosity led... Read more »
By Laurie Levy,
February 13, 2019 at 6:52 am • 
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Concerns About Evanston High School’s New Therapeutic Special Education School

Concerns About Evanston High School’s New Therapeutic Special Education School
I was going through old photos when I made a sad discovery. In third and fourth grade, my granddaughter lost her smile. She also lost two years of her education because her school was unable to adapt materials and methods so she could learn. These were her final years in public school, as it was... Read more »
By Laurie Levy,
February 7, 2019 at 8:30 am •