Smashboard Sunday 4

Blog Antagonist has a few things to say about unrecognized potential in children:

...thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands of autistic children since the advent of the autism spectrum disorder classification, have been treated and taught (or not taught, as the case may be) as if they were mentally deficient, when in fact, many of them have harbored a keen intelligence buried deeply inside the labyrinth of their puzzling and complex brains.

I Am Bossy compares her kitchen to what is considered good kitchen design. You have to go there and see. It is all in the photos.

Madness Rivera throws a fabulous 40th birthday party, a Cuarentañera and makes me cry in the process:

He said, "Do you want to dance?" We were the only ones on the floor. I said, "Of course, Papi." His forehead perspired. He said, "Ready?" And then he stopped. He said, "I've secretly been taking lessons. I've been going for the past few weeks so I could dance with you."

And IzzyMom breaks our hearts a little:

So in a rather large nutshell, I can’t bear the thought of tearing my family apart and hurting my children by taking them away from their father but I’m also not sure I can bear the idea of staying in this marriage for another day.

I love that over 150 people responded. Way to be, blogosphere.

For our photo section, check out the portfolio section of this retouching site. Click on the thumbnails and then roll over and off the photos to see what magic was done. I don't know why I am still so amazed by this, but I am.

The part I especially love is that they are having to retouch OUT some of the signs of starvation in actors - the cordy necks, the concentration-camp clavicles.