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My Story, pt. 2: The Empire Strikes Back

the saga continues… The “New” Normal (p.s., I still hate this phrase and will slap you if you use it around me) But at least we got to go home.  Two days later, after they showed us how to insert … Continue reading

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Practice makes perfect

I’m practicing being quiet.  I realize that all that follows is evidence to the contrary. I don’t have a lot of silence in my life and that isn’t something I can blame entirely on my children.  I have, if you … Continue reading

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Would you, could you?

This is kind of long and rambling…I swear it wasn’t that way in my head. One of the few non-political blogs I read regularly is Terri Mauro’s Special Children Blog on About.com.  She’s passionate, yet practical, and not afraid to … Continue reading

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The Year in Review

What a year. Last year at this time I was pregnant and should have been about halfway through my pregnancy, but due to Hope’s “inappropriate timing of labor” I was a mere three months from delivery.  We still had three … Continue reading

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My honey says the sweetest things…

I’m  the emotional one.  I’m the one most likely to lose my temper or burst into tears, often for no good reason.  Tammy is the calm one, she stays strong and maintains the even keel–even when it is to her … Continue reading

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Transitions

Things are changing around here… Let’s start with me, because I know you’ll stop reading after Grace & Hope.  I’m becoming “special needs mom” –invites for the support group went out last week, I’m considering some special training to become … Continue reading

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With this ring…

Last Friday, June 27, 2008, Tammy and I were married in a small, private ceremony.  We wed in our church and were joined by a few close friends and family.  We exchanged rings inscribed in Hawaiian, “ho’okahi ke aloha” — … Continue reading

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