“In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.”

 Albert Clarke

Kings Park Bluff, Kings Park, Long Island, 2012

~Leslie

A Camp For Every Child

For a child with special needs, be it a physical or mental disability, a visual, speech or hearing impediment, or a healing process like grieving, summer camp takes on a completely new meaning. Suddenly those carefree summer days are spent worrying if her condition will be attended to, whether he'll feel welcomed by his peers and if the experience as a whole will be positive and meaningful.

Long Island Parent magazine, April/May 2012 issue.
http://liparentonline.com/liparentonline-april-may-2012.html (page 36)

~Leslie

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly,

our whole life would change.” Buddha

Okame Flowering Cherry Tree, Smithtown, Long Island, 2012

~Leslie