PinnedMember-onlyPart III: Life these daysWhen your kid’s in trouble, you do what you have to do — It’s pouring rain and it’s cold, and still I have the window open so my son’s cat can peek out the screen and feel the breeze. My feet are freezing but the cat is happy. This makes me happy. It’s dark, just after seven in the morning, and I’ve been…Parenting2 min readParenting2 min read
PinnedMember-onlyPart IV: Cats? What Cats?When I finally got my son on the phone, after the two missed calls, after the email Rob sent to the jail, and after my call to the attorney, when I was still crying and shaking and hurling Italian invectives at the individual responsible for sticking my sweet, gentle, beautiful…Parenting4 min readParenting4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyPart II: He’s Under House Arrest, and I’m the WardenI never expected to find myself in law enforcement — When I arrive in Virginia, it’s freezing. It doesn’t matter what I put on, I can’t get warm. Rob and I have lived in Florida a little more than a year, and somehow I’ve already managed to forget how warm April in Virginia isn’t. I’ve packed utterly and completely incorrectly…Parenting4 min readParenting4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyPart I: Little FridayHere’s where it began — The Thursday I learned my son was in jail was preceded by a Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of my waking each of those days and thinking it was Thursday. Or, more accurately, hoping it was Thursday. Very strange since there was nothing special happening on Thursday, April 6. It wasn’t…Autism4 min readAutism4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyAbout me — Susan McCorkindaleFirst up: McCorkindale is my stage name — Hi! I’m Susan McCorkindale. I’ve been writing since my parents gave me my first black and white composition notebook when I was about four. My work wasn’t any good, but that didn’t stop me from chasing them around the house trying to read it to them. Beyond being a writer and an author (I…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyPart V: Duct Tape! Duct Tape! My Kingdom for Some Duct Tape!During the 13 days my son was in jail, I kept wondering why the attorney wasn’t doing more to get him out. I kept calling and asking. Asking if he or his associate had visited my son. Had they told the prosecutor of my son’s autism? Had they explained that…Parenting4 min readParenting4 min read
Aug 26Member-onlyMorgan Freeman is Not GodAnd if that fact makes you cry, you’ve missed your medication — I should have realized far earlier in the day that I’d missed my medication, but I didn’t. I didn’t realize it when I needed a nap at 3 p.m., but wrote 44 headlines at the speed of sound twenty minutes later. I didn’t realize it when a co-worker called at…Depression2 min readDepression2 min read
Jun 20Member-onlyGoing to HopeFor five people, we’ve pulled out all the stops — There are five people missing in a submersible and, God bless us human beings, hundreds of people at a cost of thousands of dollars, are trying to find and rescue them. For five people, we’ve pulled out all the stops. I love that. It warms my insides. …Parenting2 min readParenting2 min read
Feb 8Member-onlyA Day Without Internet is Like a Day Without OxygenBut I can still draw enough breath to be bitchy — I can’t get online. I’ve reset the router. I’ve restarted my laptop. And still, nothing. Without Internet access, I can’t get to Thesaurus.com. And without Thesaurus.com, I get writing constipation. I mean, what if I need to find different ways of saying “illuminate,” for example? …Humor3 min readHumor3 min read
Dec 24, 2022Member-onlyOnce You Start BOUNCE, There’s No Going BackEveryone who’s started reading BOUNCE via this link has told me the same thing: Once they read the Prologue and first two chapters, they were sucked in and wanted more, more, more. Sure, I’m bragging, (have I told you that ALL the reviews are 5-stars? They are!), …Resilience1 min readResilience1 min read
