Can You Imagine?
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Today was a hard day. The truth is, most days are. Today also happens to mark the one year anniversary of Conor’s diagnosis…
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Call Baapa
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“Call Baapa. Call Baapa. Call Baapa. Call Baapa. Call Baapa.”
Conor repeated this over and over and over (and over and over) while he paged through a book on the living room floor. He was stuck…
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The R Word
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Retard. Mentally retarded. Mental retardation. These are not words that you want to hear in association with your child. These are fighting words. You call a kid retarded...you can wait for mama bear to come get you. She will come. And you won't need to wait long either.
Read MoreEventually
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There is so much I have wanted to say lately but when I try to type it out, I get stuck. I want to talk about Laine and I want to share all about our summer. I'll get there. Eventually. But tonight I'm overwhelmed and I am ready to share why.
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When You Don't Know
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I had an interesting conversation with some of my coworkers at lunch a few weeks ago. Of course we talked about our kids. My pregnancy came into the conversation and so did transitioning Conor to his new room. Then the topic of potty training came up…
Read MoreProgress
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Progress is a hard topic for me to write about. Up until my last post everything I have shared on this blog has been written in the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep. My mind has an especially hard time shutting down these days and I find myself word vomiting into the notes section on my iPhone at 2 AM…
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How Is Your Pregnancy Going?
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My pregnancy? I love being pregnant. I'm the definition of the annoying friend who feels like a damn goddess when she is pregnant and has zero complaints...
Read MoreHow Did You Know?
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Since sharing our story I have gotten quite a few questions. Most frequently, "How did you know?” How did we know? We didn't...
Read MoreIt's Weird
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I'm not sure how to describe some of the thoughts that have flooded my mind this past month. It feels like my future is being taken away from me one memory at a time...
Read MoreJust Keep Swimming
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Do you believe that your dreams have meaning? Last night I had a dream that Conor and I were in a plane crash...
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