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About me - Margret Carswell

I have three wonderful children, and one grandchild.
My third child was diagnosed as being profoundly autistic, and epileptic when he was two years old. That reality has shaped my life and work life ever since. When the doctors of the day told me that there

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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections on real life heroes

Heroes come in many sizes, shapes and colors. You have to look closely sometimes, and open your heart. On a dark rainy October afternoon two years ago, a bedraggled and wrinkled man struggled up 17 stairs at the Food Bank and stood trembling and wet, waiting for me to acknowledge him. I said "Hi". I'm sorry that our food ban... More..

Health & Fitness > Kids Nutrition Do children need to eat natural foods?
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Do children need to eat natural foods? Absolutely! Don't all of us? And will there be enough good food produced to provide our local populations with foods grown close to home. This is the concern of our time. The 100 Mile Diet - fact or fantasy. Reading the title, I wondered what it meant - the person had to do a 100 miles ... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Special Needs ADHD: Could enlarged tonsils be the cause?
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ADHD is the medical phenomena of the new century, with thousands of children and adults diagnosed in the past 8 years. Could enlarged tonsils be the cause of ADHD? Repeated tonsillitis is accompanied by high fevers, sore and inflamed throats, enlarged tonsils and adenoids. Children with tonsillitis have difficulty sleeping a... More..

Society & Lifestyle > North American Culture Consumption culture in today's America
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All of us think we are driven to consume, urged by what we read, what we see. Could it be that somewhere deep inside us a little voice tells us we must have this item- right now. It isn't the TV ads, the radio hype or the Internet pop-ups, it is my own little voice that knows exactly what my weaknesses are. I'd love to blame... More..

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