A Poet's View On Parenting And Chronic Illness

Elizabeth Austen — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Poet Suzanne Edison knows the ups and downs of chronic illness too well. Her daughter has juvenile myositis, a rare autoimmune disorder. Today she reads two poems about the way her child’s illness affects her parenting: “Betrayal” and “Bloodwork.”

Poet Suzanne Edison On Parenting A Chronically Ill Child

Elizabeth Austen — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Learning that your child has a serious, chronic illness is like falling off a cliff, without knowing how — or if — your feet will ever find the ground again, says poet Suzanne Edison.