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wanting it all

There isn’t a day that I wake up and don’t think about Down syndrome.  It isn’t the first thing on my mind anymore as in the early days of having to set the alarm to wake Tobin for middle of the night...

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Birth Story part 2

Continued: We laughed in the recovery room at how we had dodged so many bullets.  And we prayed in thanksgiving to God for delivering us this giant baby who was so incredibly cute and looked exactly...

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Birth Story part 1

My last post was nearly a year ago.  I had regained momentum and returned to writing; one of the few talents I possess.  I had departed a bit from my cathartic writing of the previous years to more...

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I lost my voice

Nearly a year ago, I lost my voice.  It was an event that defined my life into a before and after that left me silent.  It was not a trauma insomuch as an event that forever changed the way I view...

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40 bags for 40 days – update #3

I was a little side tracked lately with some pesky preterm labor and a husband on call every other night at the hospital.  So, most of my purging has been in bursts where I cover a few areas at a time....

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40 bags for 40 days – update #2

Well, now that Lent is in full swing, I need to get on the ball.  It seems I get the energy to work on one of my areas, complete 2-3 in one session and then am too worn out to do another one for a...

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Valentine’s Day

We celebrated all day long yesterday!  I was driven to make a big deal about Valentine’s Day for some reason this year.  We made Valentines for all of the kids’ classmates during the week.  I totally...

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40 bags – update #1

  So, I thought it was time to update my progress on 40 bags for 40 days.  I am taking advantage of the burst of energy I have every couple of days.  Although, this is meant to be a 40 day process to...

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40 bag for 40 days

I gave up writing for a while.  Seems that every time I wrote anything, I was offending someone.  It didn’t matter that this was my blog and I never directly intended to hurt anyone but nonetheless, it...

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Happy Birthday Mom!

June 2nd is my mom’s birthday. Instead of throwing her a lavish party or taking her out for a girl’s spa day, I am stuck in a hotel in ‘ville, VA. This is a momentous birthday for her not merely for...

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