New writing from Irena Smith
January 11th, 2010Readers who loved Irena Smith’s essay, Failure to Progress, in Mama, PhD won’t want to miss her new piece this month in Literary Mama. Here’s an excerpt:
So there we were, my husband David and I, on a road trip with our thirteen-year-old late last July, and I hadn’t a thing to wear. And when I say road trip, you have to understand that I’m being somewhat disingenuous here — kind of like Ishmael saying he had signed up to go on a little fishing trip with a slightly wild-eyed one-legged captain named Ahab. If you think it’s easy to pick the right outfit to see an experiential program in the Northern California wilderness, one you hope will take your high-functioning autistic thirteen year-old with a temper like an IED, trust me, it’s not. I didn’t want to look like a dolled-up tart, someone who would ditch their child in the wilderness and bolt for the nearest mall, but I didn’t want to look serious and severe, like a buttoned-up stiff and tweedy schoolmarm incapable of raising a child with special needs, either.
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May 17th, 2011 at 4:01 am
Quite a preview! I want to read more. But yeah, finding the right “outfit” for a trip, road or not, is very tricky especially for woman. You just want to be yourself without looking like a noob or an overbearing know-it-all.
May 29th, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Most people make it look as if it’s only womenfolks that have dress up dilemnas. It’s NOT true. Every fashion-conscious man is usually careful about what he wears — Likes making sure it is appropriate.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:06 pm
My nephew has ADHD and i love fishing and take him most times but he is a nightmare he can`t stay in the one spot for to long he is a very giddy child. I`ve had him fishing on a really cold day once and i will never bring him again as he would not put his clothes on at all with his awful temper! It`s just what you have to put up with!
October 5th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
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