I put this website together thinking it would be my written word- companion of my steps towards the next phase of my life. I’ve strayed a bit from that personal […]
I put this website together thinking it would be my written word- companion of my steps towards the next phase of my life. I’ve strayed a bit from that personal […]
On September 4th, I launched a little passion project that I thought would be my own space to sort out my thoughts and work through my tough stuff. The moment […]
I haven’t done this before, but I thought that since I had such a strong, emotional response to yesterday’s post S(care)d by Shy Liza, I would write about my reaction […]
There is an element of my life where I live in two worlds. One has me with pom poms and cheering, snapping photos of an exuberant child as he opens […]
My 17 year old son pulled out his own fully, adult-grown molar a couple of weeks ago. You read that right. It made my stomach churn too. Now, when you […]
There has been one constant ‘behaviour’ that I can always count on with both Will and Owen. It’s the worst kind, because it disappears for months, even years at a […]
This won’t be a story that has a sweet little lesson by the end of it and there are no inspiring quotes or tips on getting well. It’s just one […]
Every couple of weeks I have an appointment with my psychologist and once we get past the pleasantries, I’ve noticed that I usually start by saying the same thing nearly […]
It has been fifteen years since the diagnosis – the day life changed on June 7, 2005. I pulled this blog out of the archives 5 years ago and it […]
I’m going to cheat a little bit here. The following post was taken from a blog that I wrote from 2006 to 2012 and this particular piece was from 2009. […]
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