A Day in the Life

Finding joy when the days are long

Emily, photo by the Author Amy Daniels

My daughter had cognitive and physical disabilities due to a brain tumor which reoccurred throughout her 21 years with us. Those 21 years were an amazing blur of joy, terror, heartache, pure happiness, and everything in between.

That doesn’t mean it was all a wild ride. There were countless days that were so boring watching paint dry seemed exciting. A typical weekend or…