When Andy taught twelfth grade behavioral special education at Molokai High, in Hawaii, he discovered a simple and profound truth. Success makes way for more success and failure makes more failure. Slowly, but surely, he set the conditions that allowed the students minds to conceive […]
Adult Creative Nonfiction This is the story of the adventurous life embraced by Andy and Michelle Heath. I’ve written a creative nonfiction book that chronicles how the extraordinary life we lived before Parkinson’s, informed, inspired and made possible our successful approach to living with Parkinson’s. […]
Early Readers, ages 7 to 10 In 1674, children’s birthdays were not often celebrated, but magic was often afoot. In the midst of her family’s preparations for Queen Elizabeth’s visit to their village, young Anne receives a surprise gift on her natal day. The gift gets […]
A diagnosis of disease causes a time of upheaval that corresponds in intensity to a relationship ending, an accident causing death or disability, the surprise ending of a job, and losing one’s home from a disaster. In picturing these difficult scenarios, it is apparent that there must be a period of time to absorb the shock and process the new information […]
A diagnosis is a naming of something going on. Usually, a person can tell when something is not right with them. Usually, but not always. There are countless fairy tales, stories and mythology from the beginning of time that show us the importance knowing a name can have. From Rumpelstiltskin to Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea Trilogy, stories tell us that a name has power […]
