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Cat’s in the Cradle

When you’re young, it’s almost impossible to grasp the rapidity of the passage of time. Time certainly doesn’t seem to be moving quickly to you as you’re plodding through each day, wishing to grow up. Working with such a small frame of reference, kids are doomed to believe everything remains the same. Having an older […]

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I Used to Be a Special Needs Mommy

One of the smartest people I know – now a judge, but first a mother – once told me that you’re only as happy as your least happy child. She told me this when I myself was a new mother of less than a few months, waist high in dirty diapers, developmentally-appropriate crib toys, empty […]

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Beyond Loss

David and Goliath: The Story of How My Kid Fought Life’s Battles…and Won Everyone knows the story of David and Goliath, right?  David is weak.  A small fry.  He is the inconsequential youth who triumphs over his giant foe, Goliath, with only a small sling and a stone (oh, yeah, and also God), only to […]

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