Tag: pain
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Bear with me because I know parents always say this, but I can’t believe my little boy is 20. In picture 1 you will see my smiling, clear-eyed, neurotypically developing and verbal 11 and a half month old. Picture 2, taken shortly after his 1st birthday, shows my son beginning to drift off in his…
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The search for my elusive valentine began when I was 14 years old. I’m not counting the competition that lingered wordlessly between me and the other 9 year old girls in Mrs. Anderson’s 3rd grade class as we breathlessly awaited the distribution of cards from the valentine box, ending the suspense. Who would be the recipient of…
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If you’re doing as you’ve been led to do, don’t throw in the towel the first time “logic” asks you, “what am I getting out of this?” Forget about the return for now and keep moving forward faithfully. Only later is it revealed to us that often what we understand to be our goal was never…