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I had a birthday

February 3, 2011

I has a birthday. I turned 15. I figure if I’m going to lie I might as well REALLY LIE. So I turned 37. In all honesty we didn’t know if I’d see 37. We didn’t know if I’d see 36. When I say each birthday’s a blessing, I’m not exaggerating. Happy birthday to me [...]

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Mom’s Advisory Board – Invisalign

January 4, 2011

I have been so very lucky in the opportunities coming my way. Not too long ago I was asked if I had a child in the age range that Invisalign was looking for. I did. They asked if we were interested in Nathaniel having these braces as a blogging job. Because of the medical bills [...]

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that other site I write at

December 31, 2010

I recently started writing again at a site I love. Funny. Light-hearted. Sassy. Things I wasn’t sure I could be every day. I just told my story. It wasn’t always funny. It took a special twist to see the light-hearted side of it. Sassy. Well, I’ll be really honest that sassy has always been my [...]

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that other site I write at

December 13, 2010

I recently started writing again at a site I love. Funny. Light heated. Sassy. Things I wasn’t sure I could be every day. I just told my story. It wasn’t always funny. It took a special twist to see the light-hearted side of it. Sassy. Well, I’ll be really honest that sassy has always been [...]

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that other site I write at

December 13, 2010

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that other site I write at

December 13, 2010

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on the road again

September 23, 2010

I’m getting ready to leave for a first. It’s not really a first, but it’s a first-since-I-had-a-stroke. I’m getting ready to go away. Gone for the weekend. Without my kids. Or my husband. This will be the first time since November that I’ve gone on a trip for me without my spouse. It feels a [...]

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staying married is a full contact sport, with rule books and umpires

June 3, 2010

In the course of rehab my husband has been trusted with certain types of duties. I generally trust him in most things, unless he gets that crazy gleam in his eyes. You might think I’m exaggerating, but you haven’t seen those shiny eyes bearing down on you like it might be your last day. EVER. [...]

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oh! the joy of motherhood…it takes a lot of SOMETHING

May 10, 2010

I woke to the smell of cooking eggs and muffins. “Don’t look, mama!!” is screamed at me. Plates made of goofy writing and coffee cups with smiling pictures adhered carefully are as good as gift of gold. The sun shines down on gleaming smiles and freshly scrubbed faces. “He’s touching me!” “She used my blue [...]

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having a personal set of disney dolls might not be down-the-well, putting-the-lotion-on-its-skin creepy, but still

May 7, 2010

I visited my old therapists. These were the ones I had last before I was able to go home. Belle, Cinderella and Jasmine. That’s what we called them and that’s what they’ll stay. These three ladies taught me enough so that I could go home. They gave me what I needed to be able to [...]

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when i daydream i have two good arms, but for different reasons than you think

April 27, 2010

Opportunities come that I can go out with member of my therapy team. These chances can sometimes really teach me something important. Like the last time I went I realized something profound…I was the only one there that LOOKED handicapped. They were all walking while I was in a wheelchair, their arms and legs worked [...]

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If we’d had one more day there probably would’ve been a boar’s head on a stick somewhere

November 3, 2009

Corporations would call it a “Team Building”. At Aiming Low, we call it “Times when you’d better wear a diaper cause chances are good you might pee a little”. (I don’t even watch The Office and this is funny…probably because I love Ali Martell…no, I REALLY love Ali Martell) I mean, come on, there’s not [...]

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Traveling is fun! Coming home to puke is NOT.

November 2, 2009

In case you were wondering if I was planning to leave Ralph Macchio up forever…know that I considered it….but decided that it was possible that it wasn’t as amusing for others as it is for me. Which, if I’m wrong, just let me know so I can post my 450-photo montage of Ralph from the [...]

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