When Christina and I lived in Boston, she worked as a nanny for a woman named Betsy Dangel. Besides being a singularly kind and generous woman, Betsy was also the inspiration for the character of Susan Young in Chasing the Dead.
Between the years of 1998 and 2000, it was my great pleasure to help Christina take care of Betsy's son Alexander, who is now ten years old.
Alex is autistic.
This past week his mother sent along some poems he had written.
Trembling Promises
I made a promise
And it shook
Like an earthquake.
The earthquake gets too strong.
It explodes.
Did I keep my promise?
No.
There's a Roller Coaster in Me
There's a roller coaster in me with gears that clank
and painted like wood.
It roars like gears.
It moves like a race car.
It lives in my brain and makes me fall.
It makes me want to go to Lagoon Park.
It makes me feel like dropping.
I wish I did not have a roller coaster in me.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
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As grown-ups, we sometimes think we are all that and a bag of chips. Then a child will remind us that we really need to get over ourselves. Could we be as insightful and honest as he is?
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