Scroll down and you’ll find random writings - opinions, poems, all kind of things that interest me and I hope will interest you. If you have something to add to this page, just send me a note using the form on the right. Thanks! - Beverly
The impetus for this collection of columns is my granddaughter, Lucy Rose. Lucy was born nearly 21 years ago with an extra chromosome. She has Down syndrome, a doctor said. We cried when we were told.
These columns, written at different times…
Read MoreThis is the award I most value. I remain honored, thirty-one years later, to have received it.
Read MoreHIGH CULTURE — 7 lost idioms of the English language and what they teach us about who we were….
Read MoreYou’ve just read the best book or downloaded an amazing app. My most recent “great” is the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. I visited in September for the third time. Whenever I’m in New Orleans, I make it a point to stop there. It is not a fun place..
Read MoreThis is such a well written, fascinating follow-up to one more piece of history that lives in infamy.
Read MoreThis a great story for so many reasons. It’s about perseverance and accomplishment. But mostly it’s about the power of love.
Read MoreMy granddaughter Megan wrote this poem. I love that top of the Ferris wheel means so much to her that she wrote about it. And I love even more that she shared it with me.
Read MoreThis is a poem written by a seventh grader to his dad. Wow, huh?
Read MoreI love this website. I never get the answers right, but I love it…
Read More“The Hate U Give,” Angie Thomas’s YA debut novel and the “based on the novel” movie of the same name are riveting, enlightening…
Read MoreBeverly Beckham is the author of "A Gift of Time," a collection of personal essays, "Back Then," a memoir of childhood and "The Best of Beverly Beckham" an e-book published by the Boston Globe. She is also a contributor to the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, is on the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress and writes a weekly column for the Boston Globe and a monthly column for Grandparents.com.
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