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As 2025 turned to 2026, and I saw people marking the end of one year and the beginning of the next, I kept repeating a line in my head, “Our family…
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What is it really like to have a disabled mom?
A conversation with the child of a disabled parent.
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11 good things (including some underpants-related advice)
(these photos below are from a friend’s visit in September, before.)
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a very nice evening
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the October Slide
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The actual thing that takes up most of my time
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A diagnosis you need to know about
Oct 29, 2025
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There is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round
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Toward the end of Catherine Newman’s stunning book, Wreck, she says this:
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There is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round
My daughter, K, has been planning Halloween for months.
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A diagnosis you need to know about
In the fall of 2021, when K was 4, her class learned about Terry Fox, the Canadian athlete who ran across the country after having his leg amputated to…
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A mid-crisis update
Our daughter, K, is experiencing a medical crisis.
Oct 22, 2025
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the October Slide
how am I just finding out about this
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Nerd Tennis Round 2: Idealism vs Pragmatism
Another marital debate
Sep 30, 2025
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What happened to my wanderlust
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