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The Fine Line…
** Finding the balance has been a real struggle of late. This has been in my drafts for 10 days…** I’m writing from the floor in the hallway of the college gym. Meghan’s swim team practices below....
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Speechless
Resting your voice is not like resting your knee, or your shoulder. Resting your voice is more like resting your heart, or your lungs. Something is kicking my butt. And I’m not sure what it is, but...
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Laugh Out Loud
We use the phrase all the time. Anyone who texts or uses any social media understands LOL. But, today I got a more clear explanation of why it’s essential. At Voice Therapy this morning we talked...
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Default to Kindness
Meghan loves to swim. I mean, athletically it wasn’t where she started, but the knees. Six surgeries on the right knee, and there was to be no more soccer, and no more dance. After the 6th one,...
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Milestones, Memories, and Just Getting By
21 years ago I was 22. I was single, and a new teacher. I was just out of college, finding my way. I had a sister who was 25 and had just gotten married, and a sister who was 6. I knew nothing of...
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Light Through the Lens…
I think I blinked, and the calendar changed from October to December. Some weeks I can do nothing more than plan day by day, because to look too far is overwhelming. But, I “lost” the fall in a...
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#Beatingcowdens on stage!
Tonight is a proud Mommy moment. Tonight this girl, with no formal musical training, and about 4 brief singing lessons in her life – nailed this. She spent some time in her other happy place – the...
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Choose Positive….
The day after Christmas in our house is reserved for a blissful amount of peaceful rest. A few loads of laundry, a simple meal, late sleeping, playing with some new “toys,” recovery, and reflection...
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To Do Lists, Digital Footorints and Random Thoughts
I’m not one for New Year’s Resolutions. I don’t believe in waiting for a specific day to make changes. If they are needed, wanted, or warranted – we make them. Right then. Otherwise, I’m all about...
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Inspirational Staten Islander 2016
An inspiration provokes a desire in you to be a better human. An inspiration can be any age, race, gender or creed. An inspiration speaks to your soul through their actions, and their behaviors....
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Rare Disease Day- Video Recap
World Rare Disease Day is February 28th. People all over the world will work to raise funds and awareness for over 7,000 Rare Diseases worldwide. In our house things are buzzing, as we prepare to...
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A REAL Love Story
I’m not one for Valentine’s Day. Never was. It didn’t matter to me if I was dating or single, it just never made sense. The “Hallmark Holiday” seemed determined to bleed money out of people who...
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Rare, Invisible, Real – Jeans for Rare Genes 3
We were worried. Attendance was at an all-time low. We had picked a bad weekend, but it was too late to change it. We took the event off “eventbrite” this year, looking to take the fees they collect...
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Silence is… difficult and required
I always hated charades. I stunk at it. And I still do. I would have made a rotten mime. Forced down time. That’s what surgery brings. This time it brings silence as well- for at least the next 5...
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5 Years and “Sag-less” in my 40s
March 5th. 2012 One of those dates that will stick with me forever. On March 5th of 2012, I made my way early in the morning to the 10th floor of NYU. I signed all the papers with my husband by my...
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The Struggle (for Silence) is Real!
Irony is spending 20 years wondering why your students sometimes struggle to be quiet, and suddenly, in one week, realizing how insanely difficult it is to be silent, AND, that it’s likely your need to...
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Richmond County Savings Foundation
If you were with us at “Jeans for Rare Genes” you heard me announce we had received a grant for $2500 from the Richmond County Savings Foundation. This story Inspirational Staten Islander to host Fund...
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Isolation
I have had a lot of time to think about a lot of things since my vocal cord surgery on March 3rd. Blog from March 4th One of the things I’ve thought about is how I feel a little bad for kids/teens...
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Deep Cleanse
I had a list of things to accomplish while I recover from my vocal cord surgery on 3/3. I have been unable to work, preserving my voice for exercises given by my therapist, and brief conversation....
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It’s Complicated…
I was in the stairwell close to the 5th floor of the nursing home where my grandmother resides when the phone rang. I paused, startled by the ring, and trying to suppress my slightly out of shape...
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