Family and Friends

Last summer I blogged about a really bad situation that my mentally disabled grandson, Nicholas, got into. Even as I wrote the piece, I didn’t realize how much danger he had been in, nor did I realize the extent of the trauma visited upon him. Essentially, he was held captive by a group of people,…

Although I’m a novelist, I sometimes find real-life events more unbelievable, and yes, even more horrifying than fiction. Consider what happened to my grandson, Nicholas. Nicholas is 28 years old, mentally disabled and hearing impaired. For all that, he’s friendly, outgoing and high functioning. High functioning means he’s able to hold a job, care for…