Massachusetts is a special state (nay, Commonwealth!), which has more comprehensive programs for helping children with medical complications than many other states. For that reason, I always tell Sherin we are never moving. A job in NY or London? Fine–but that’s a long commute for you! Still, no state or commonwealth is perfect, and one […]
Posts by: Rani Elwy
Wheely dogs and international friends
October 24, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Sunday evening I was driving down a residential road with Charlotte and Ben, and slowed down when I saw a couple walking their dog. It was dark, but I caught a glimpse of the dog and saw that the dog had hind wheels instead of hind legs. I told C&B this and they both immediately […]
Birthday Boy…Drumroll please!
July 31, 2012 at 10:16 pm
What do JK Rowling, Harry Potter and Ben Elwy all have in common? They were all born on July 31! There are many similarities between Ben and Harry. For one, they both have scars (although Ben wishes he had a cool lightning-shaped one). They both like moving fast. And they both have parents who adore(d) […]
Summer Computing Fun!
July 23, 2012 at 9:21 am
Finally, by the middle-to-end of July, I feel like we’ve got the summer rhythm going. Boy, it took a while! For me, summer is one of those things that I know will hit, but like the first snowstorm, I am always surprised when it does. I wish Sherin and I had the time to take […]
A Tentative HOORAY!
June 28, 2012 at 10:25 am
I’m spending an intellectually exhilarating–yet a little exhausting!–week with 19 other Implementation Research Institute Fellows in my first year out of two years of training in the state of the art in implementation science. I’m trying to figure out which strategies will be most effective in making sure that evidence-based practices for treating Veteran patients […]
Always Ask!
June 23, 2012 at 11:14 pm
Charlotte’s first foray into the land of Wellesley Little League has recently ended, and I think Ben is glad. We went to a lot of Sunday afternoon t-ball games this Spring, and we experienced excitement like a wasp’s nest in a tree above our head that made us run for our lives. Ben put the […]
Flying High!
June 10, 2012 at 10:41 pm
When Ben was 5, his greatest wish was to fly. He didn’t care how–either planes or rockets would do. He was granted a room in which he could dream of flying, from the incredibly generous Room to Dream Foundation, who selected Ben as the third child (at that time) to benefit from a newly created […]
Random Acts of Kindness
May 28, 2012 at 10:52 pm
Our town’s Memorial Day celebrations took place last weekend, so this weekend, Sherin and I basked in limited scheduled activities and actually finished some projects around the house. We needed to run some errands with Ben and Charlotte in tow, and afterwards, we treated them to their favorite burrito place, Boloco. Boston Local Company, aka […]
The Road Others Traveled
May 22, 2012 at 10:42 pm
Tonight, days after Katie Beckett died at the age of 34, Ben performed with classmates from seven other elementary schools in the All Town Band. Although Ben had initially been nervous about playing both in his school and All Town band, and I knew that my involvement at all rehearsals was going to be necessary […]
Are You Attached?
May 16, 2012 at 10:49 pm
When my oldest daughter Lucy was born in 1998, it took me one week to realize that this young lass was never going to sleep according to my schedule. Daytime–always asleep. Nightime–always awake. Unless I planned on becoming nocturnal, I was just going to have to figure out a way to cope. Enter the family […]
