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“Hey, I follow you on Facebook…”
There we were in the back of DSW looking for a pair (or two for accuracy sake) to fit the feet of my girl for “Aunt Em” in her school’s performance of “The Wizard of Oz” next week, and a woman...
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A Letter to Me as a “Mommy-to-Be”
Dear 30 Year Old Me on Mother’s Day, Listen up. Yes, you – acting as the general contractor; living through and participating in your house overhaul, while carefully moving your pregnant belly...
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In a Dark Room…
I’m thankful that some nights she still invites me to chat with her in her dark room Late After she should be asleep I’m thankful that we can relate to each other Different – incredibly different Yet...
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N.O.S.E. an Acronym that Makes Sense!
So many things in life make no sense at all. I don’t need to fill in those blanks for you. No doubt you have a bunch of your own things in mind. The illogical is part of our existence here. What we...
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Punched in the Stomach…
…over and over and over again. Sometimes that’s the best way I can think to describe it. There are days, so many days, when it’s like a sucker punch that takes your breath away. It’s not going to...
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The Days are Long, but the Years are Short…
A wise person once told me this. I think Meghan was young, and in that two-year span where most of her time was spent screaming. I admit to wanting those days to end when I was in the middle of...
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“Stay Alert! Delays are Possible!”
I saw the sign Friday, somewhere along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. I laughed, in spite of myself. We were headed on a 400 mile road trip to West Virginia, a trip I was making for the second time, and...
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Justifying Our Existence
There was a post that showed up in my news feed this week from http://www.themighty.com. Read The Secrets of People with Chronic Illness here I can’t seem to shake some of the thoughts from my head....
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“We’re All in this Together…”
High School Musical – We’re All In This Together “…Everyone is special in their own way We make each other strong We’re not the same We’re different in a good way Together’s where we belong We’re all...
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The Waiting Place…
A quick Google search brings the definition below when the word “patience” is entered. pa·tience ˈpāSHəns/ noun 1. the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting...
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Counting… Our 400th Post!
“Count your many blessings, name them one by one…” Grandma used to sing years ago when we would complain about nonsense. She was a little tough sometimes my Grandma, and maybe that’s where I got it...
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Pathology…
About an hour ago I got off the phone with Meghan’s gynecologist. It seems we dodged another bullet. Mostly. Once again we got to spend about 45 seconds in a deep breath as we were told there was no...
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Body Betrayed
The first time I felt the pain it was last summer. It was under my right implant, and from my armpit a bit down my side. The pain lasted a few days and then eased itself into a chronic state of...
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I have nodules WHERE???
It took me over a week to actually wrap my head around this one. The summer is not just time for Meghan to get checked and cleaned up, it’s time for me too. And this summer I tracked down a new...
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On Your 13th Birthday…
August 9, 2016 Dear Meghan, As I sit to write this some time in the middle of the night, I am reminded of the early years, when so many of the middle of the night hours belonged to the two of us....
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Set Up Surgery on Safari – check
Last Tuesday, on Meghan’s 13th birthday, we woke early and headed to the airport for what has become an annual family vacation. Disney World is a “happy place” for all of us. Despite crowds, and...
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Yep, it’s broken. But, not me… Nope, not me!
Friday, I tripped over something in my hallway. I wasn’t looking. I ended up against the wall, screaming all sorts of words that I am sure were inappropriate for my daughter to hear. But, for about...
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Type A, and Then Some…
Calm down. Relax. It’ll get done. Take a breath. Why do you get so worked up? These words could be spoken in several alternate languages for all the good they do for me. They make no sense. I...
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Miles to Go…
September is a marathon of sorts. Although all the training in the world can never quite prepare you for the twists and turns needed to navigate it through to completion. September is establishing...
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Overlap and Regrowth – Living with Cowden’s
So, the night I was recovering from my breast surgery on August 19th, I haphazardly checked my Email. There sat an Email from Meghan’s endocrinologist that shook me out of my anesthesia recovery pretty...
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