So much for not worrying…
Here I go again, ignoring my own initiative. As I type this, my 5-year old is laying in bed with a 103 fever, having received his final immunizations for DtaP and something else this morning. I’m...
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Why I Can’t Eat At Indian Restaurants…
I have a fear of vomit. There. I said it. I’ve alluded to it here in the past, but I’m going to come clean and own this right now…I think I am emetophobic. Barf-phobic. Deathly afraid of the stomach...
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When I Realized My Kids Are Good Kids
Seated at the fancy Grand Hotel, in Mackinac Island, I started to sweat. A slight panic attack lurked in the back of my mind as I glanced down at the fine china on the table, the assortment of...
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Dealing With Pet Loss
You know what’s funny about life? You never know when it’s going to take you by surprise and knock you on your ass. Last week, we came thisclose to losing our pet fish. Wait, let me rephrase that. My...
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Kids and Car Crashes
I was originally going to post today about road trips, being that the Labor Day weekend coming up is a huge traveling holiday. And then I was involved in a car accident yesterday. It was a five-car...
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Being a Germaphobe. And a Parent.
Have you heard the latest illness that could terrify a germaphobe parent like myself? Enterovirus — EV-D68 It’s that rare respiratory virus you might have read about in your Facebook feed. The one...
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When We Left the NICU
I am eternally grateful to a small group of people that helped me after my first child was born: the nurses in the NICU. An ultrasound at 35 weeks of pregnancy showed that my stubborn placenta hadn’t...
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My Solution For Indecision
Decision making is not in my wheelhouse. I will hem and haw over the simplest of choices for what feels like years. The title of this post? Yeah, I grappled with that for hours. Get my husband in on...
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