Memoir, Poetry, and Life Musings
Mother had painted it with the outline of Florida, the state’s name, cities, and various Floridian items scattered around. Unfortunately, the acrylic paint colors didn’t reproduce well here.
Stay tuned…..the book about Kippy, The Girl Who Talked Too Much, is at the publisher’s, and any day now I’ll be learning when it can be released.
When this baby was born in 1942, there were those in this world who would have ordered her death because of her handicaps. And in our own country, there was nothing available for her care, education or training, nor help for her family in raising her. Doctors advised sending her to an institution, lest she take the parent’s time and attention from the other children. Fortunately, my mother ignored their advice, taught her everything she could, and became one of the activists responsible for getting state and local services for the mentally handicapped. Read my upcoming book, The Girl Who Talked Too Much, to learn her story. Check out my website, anndickinsonsargent.com.
Kippy, the title character in my upcoming book, The Girl Who Talked Too Much, stands on a balcony in Colorado. She loved that state because she associated it with horses and cowboys.
The doctors thought she should be put in an institution immediately, because of Intellectual/Developmental Disability, cleft palate, tongue-tie, a crippled hand, and later, Tourette’s Syndrome. Mother, an early activist who helped get special education available in Florida, insisted we would teach her as much as she could learn. Follow her story in my upcoming book, The Girl Who Talked Too Much.
1942: This little cutie grew up to be The Girl Who Talked Too Much, who had both IDD and Tourette’s Syndrome. Doctors said she’d only live to be 15, and that she should be institutionalized immediately, for the benefit of the other children. Instead, she was beloved, loving, funny, and unforgettable. Her life is the story in my upcoming book, available soon. Stay tuned!
I said “And I think it’s gook”…..well, who knows? Maybe it is! But what I MEANT to say was I hope it’s good! I’m tired after working on it about 8 hours today, and I guess I’m allowed to mess up a bit!
I’ve just gone through the entire manuscript of The Girl Who talked Too Much, and have inserted every photo and caption into their places, and read every word again. I think it’s ready. And I think it’s gook. I hope you’ll agree.
how your body takes the opportunity to take some time off? Well, mine did, and I’ve had the first cold in years these past few days. But it’s working its way through, and I’m still working. I’ve been placing all the illustrations in the manuscript, and now I’m reading carefully back through it. I’ll be done in a day or two, and that time I send it in, they can start working on it in earnest.
“I am loving this book! I’m enamored with Kippy, who has many challenges, yet lives a good life. Written with compassion and humor, it drew me in immediately. It’s a good read. I recommend it!”
Jennifer Laumer
5 stars!
“I am loving this book! I’m enamored with Kippy, who has many challenges, yet lives a good life. Written with compassion and humor, it drew me in immediately. it’s a good read. I recommend it!”
Jennifer Laumer
Ann Dickinson Sargent 