Word: joey
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...didn't know the world that my friends with normal--or, as we call them, typically developing--kids live in until recently. Two and a half years ago, my husband and I adopted our second child, Joey. And as he has grown to be a toddler, every milestone he has reached has been bittersweet--a celebration but also a painful reminder of all the milestones our 8-year-old son Nate has never reached...
...Before Joey could talk, he pointed--as if to say, "Hey, Mom, look at that dog over there"--the way kids do to engage you. I flashed back to the evaluation forms we filled out for Nate when we were taking him to specialists. One question that appeared on every form was "Does your child point?" It's a major developmental step, a gesture that communicates a child's desire to share something outside himself. Nate never pointed...
...Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment (BRYE), in part so I would have some organized activity to do each week.) Now I was getting sleep, and eating a big breakfast every morning, and had time to read The New York Times at a leisurely pace. My longtime roommates—Ben, Joey, Marco, Ari W., Ari S., and Myu—actually saw me in our ridiculously large seven-person suite again. I worked out with Joey, and went running most days. I had time to write in my journal, time to go for walks, time to just be. It was really...
Over spring break, Joey, Ari S., three other friends and I went on a road trip heading south, eventually camping out in Virginia. It was hardly a perfect trip, but it was very relaxing, and after a quick stop at Hershey’s world headquarters on the way back to Boston I came home feeling nice and lethargic. I could go back to conquering the world after graduation; this laziness was sweet. Two days later, of course, opportunity came knocking—my friend Julie e-mailed saying she needed someone to fill a part in the Mainstage production...
...have such a horrible pitching staff. All of the offensive output of Sean Casey, Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn will be wasted. It is kinda like the Texas Rangers from last year, only worse. Did you see who started Opening Day for the Reds? Oh, the ever-impressive Joey Hamilton. Who? Yeah, that’s right...