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The Trajectory
When you take a baby or child to the doctor, that doctor looks at your child in light of whatever you, the parent, claim as the problem. The doctor a) dismisses you with admonishments to relax; b)...
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You Chose
You took no medications and consumed nothing artificial during pregnancy. Your baby is pure and the least a mother can do is sacrifice her comfort for 9 months. You consulted with your health care...
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Sanctimonious Concern
In 1994, I lived in a rental house not much bigger than a breadbox with my then-husband and our baby. Next door was an even smaller rental house, barely the size of a garage. The young woman (and I do...
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An Eternal Multitude of Despondency
Instead of letting me go in an ambulance, my parents drove from Albuquerque to Prescott, Arizona to take me from the tiny regional medical center where I had been for nine days to the much larger...
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The Crystal Ball She Wished She’d Had
I read the comments on an article at ABC News called 5 Disturbing Things We Learned Today About Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza and it’s very clear that most people think that those of us who have loved...
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Life Is Difficult
Life is difficult. M. Scott Peck opened The Road Less Traveled with that line and I don’t guess I know anyone who’d disagree. A few weeks ago, when my family was in the midst of yet another minor...
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We’re All Insomniacs Here
I woke at 3 am today, hardly ideal but no surprise. We’re all insomniacs here. I spent a little time with Abbie because her insomnia and mine cross this way sometimes, and I’m awake before she falls...
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A Rickety Bridge
I arrived for my very first psych hospital stay without any books. Without anything, actually, because I was operating on a profound, dangerous sleep deficit and there was nothing going on in my brain...
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But It’s a Really Good Book
76.4% of my life presented in one brief scene: 8:40 pm, couch. Brain Part 1: I’m going to head to bed early and read a book. Brain Part 2: First I have to clean the kitchen. 1: It’s a really good book....
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Brian Carter Jones July 26, 1965 – July 29, 2021 My beloved. My home. Spencer and Carter’s dad and Jacob and Abbie’s stepdad. Tammy’s son and Mike’s brother. Loved by many, many, many. Worthy,...
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