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My entire life I’ve never doubted I could do anything that I was willing to work to accomplish. It’s pretty much proved true because nothing has ever really held me… Read more I am Woman . . . hear me call Bullshit →
Today is September 15. Today would have been my grandmother Della’s 90th birthday, but she died when she was 76. Her husband, my grandfather, died at 67. He would have… Read more An Aging Grace →
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In 2010, when I was writing Heart Warriors, I read Lucy Grealy’s book Autobiography of a Face. I read it after first reading Ann Patchett’s tragic book Truth & Beauty,written… Read more Autobiography of a Face; The Shape of My Heart →
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A few weeks ago I saw a post by a mom of an autistic child in my blog feed. She was livid about this news out of NYC – about… Read more Greater Than One Percent →
Today my little girl Moira turned nine. She is half-way to eighteen, and she is my youngest child. Nine years ago, I held her for the first time. Nine years… Read more The Half Life of Parenting and Other Things →
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I was so blessed to get a neurology appointment earlier than expected because I was on the waiting list. I do NOT have MS, and the scars on my brain… Read more It’s Getting Better All the Time →
Almost two weeks ago I noticed my left leg didn’t want to support my weight, worsened by uneven numbness in both of my feet. Random numbness in my hands, feet, and occasionally my face is not, I’m sad to say, a new sensation. This has been going on since I was sixteen. I got my first migraine when I was seven. . . good times. But the leg feeling like it’s wrapped in thick rubber bands thing is new. I didn’t DO anything to my leg. If I had I… Read more My Wait Problem . . . →
I just got home from Party City, where I fought back tears. All I bought was wrapping paper and napkins. Liam will be TEN tomorrow. My little boy isn’t having… Read more The Boy who Lived →
