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About 3 years ago, I had just headed out on a walk with Tony and Hannah when Andy called me. The garage door had broken free from its rails and he was trapped inside the garage. Because I was strength training pretty heavily still at that time, I was physically the strongest person in our
I am often asked what my plans are for Tony in terms of public or private schooling, especially around this time of year when school age children are typically headed off to one classroom or another. In previous years, my answer was there were important behavioral concerns we were addressing in therapy at home that
A couple of weeks ago, my mother-in-law went in to an urgent care accompanied by one of her fabulous daughters. Though the provider there was told multiple times that there was a sudden onset of symptoms between one day and the next, the individual involved repeatedly dismissed that and said that it was probably just
You and I were talking many years ago it feels like at this point, and you were telling me how you could tell that I spoke sweetly to Hannah because she always spoke sweetly to you while you were watching her, and you thanked me for the way I was raising her. I was always
This week our family’s beloved matriarch, my mother-in-law, has entered into hospice. For those of you from other countries or areas that may not be familiar with what that is, it is end of life care. As Hannah reminded me, her grandmother always tells people to bring her flowers while she’s still alive because she
I have lived somewhere in this metropolis for 29 of the past 31 years, split into two periods of time. I don’t ever recall a time where the rain poured with such steady thickness for so many hours as it did last Sunday, but I had chosen to ignore to the flash flood warning messages
Anyone working with our son quickly finds out that he wants everything to go exactly the way he wants it to go 100% of the time…and that he is very determined about trying to arrange things to get exactly that. There are many reasons of course why that cannot be encouraged, ranging from the fact
Truth is, I planned on writing about a different topic this week. But at this point, I’ve tried to drown my frazzled in about half a cup of Cherry Garcia and not quite managed to fully find, rescue, or resuscitate my tranquil…so I figured this was as good a week as any. Even when I
My world feels tilted off balance sometimes. I feel like I am constantly having tough things thrown in my direction and sometimes all of that dodging and swaying back and forth to manage all of it and stay standing can leave me feeling emotionally dizzy. Sometimes, that is just life, but it’s definitely life when
Acadia Long ago you first observed our son during your internship, but when you became the lead NMT therapist on his case it was under pandemic conditions using telehealth that I honestly never expected to be successful. You’ve been in those sessions. You remember what the first few weeks were like (thank you for not
