Parent Attitudes

Every so often I see something in writing from a parent, such as a letter to a newspaper editor, that makes me want to get in the car, go to the writer’s house, sit him or her down, and explain teen driving.  I saw such a letter recently.  I will spare the...

An Open Letter to Griswold, Connecticut

On December 6, 2010, those who have been working on safe teen driving in Connecticut during the past few years gathered in the ornate Old Judiciary Room of the State Capitol, to mark the success of the state’s 2008 overhaul of its teen driving laws and the...

A Tribute to Elizabeth Edwards

Elizabeth Edwards, who died earlier this month, was and will remain one of my heroes.  She lost her teenage son  in a one-car accident in 1996, and she wrote about it in her 2007 book, Saving Graces.  She was one of the prime inspirations for my manuscript, His Father...

My Collaborator, Reid

Today marks four years since Reid’s accident. I miss my son more than I can ever explain, and I still have days when I disbelieve that 12/2/06 really happened.  But I can also report that 15 months of blogging, unexpectedly, has transformed Reid into a more...