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Finding Magic Mountain

Retired Columns

From “Life in the Sandwich” to “Special Needs Mama” to “Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance”—they’re all here for you to explore.

A Hell of a Way to Make Friends

Suddenly, Prisco Ramirez was no stranger. I could recite his sorrows by heart: countless hours of helplessness, the suffering of seeing your child lose the ability to put on shoes…

Finding Magic Mountain | January 2007 | By Carol Zapata-Whelan


The Silver Trumpet

When music replaced sports for Vincent and he joined band in high school, he began to save for a silver trumpet. We all saw catalogue versions of the instrument: sterling,…

Finding Magic Mountain | December 2006 | By Carol Zapata-Whelan


Magic Class

Sometimes the best way to get things done may not be the ideal way. But when I enlist the principal’s help in subduing some rowdy kids in Vincent’s class, the…

Finding Magic Mountain | November 2006 | By Carol Zapata-Whelan


Kindergarten to College

Three years ago, when Isabel was in kindergarten, her popular, veteran teacher with spun-silver hair, gold glasses, and a Harry Potter name — Mrs. Snavely — held Careers Week. During…

Finding Magic Mountain | September 2006 | By Carol Zapata-Whelan


Field of Dreams

It was a warm October evening in the Valley, and we were watching our red and blue high school marching band line up on the edge of the field, waiting…

Finding Magic Mountain | June 2006 | By Carol Zapata-Whelan


Orange Flame

“Mom! It’s from the Philippines!” Vincent, my eleven-year-old, his beautiful face round from steroids, his T-shirt distended by a swelling on his back, held out the receiver. It was near…

Finding Magic Mountain | April 2006 | By Carol Zapata-Whelan


Finding Magic Mountain

Our life is a Magic Mountain. I realized this the day I was in the California theme park’s Gotham City, strapped to a giant wheel — THE GRINDER — revolving…

Finding Magic Mountain | March 2006 | By Carol Zapata-Whelan


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