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No One Else on Earth

Many years ago I hosted a music challenge on my blog. One of the questions was, “What song most reminds you of your mother?” The answer was No One Else on Earth [...]
Why I Walk

Originally published on 7-11-2014 I have a picture of one of Baby C’s uncles hanging in his room. A picture of a vibrant young man climbing the rocks of Red River Gorge [...]
Isn’t that what a doctor does?

Editor’s Note: I have over three years worth of material from my old blog. I have decided to begin reposting some of that old material since most of my current audience [...]
Another Reason I Walk

I was 20 years old when the twins’ mother and I began dating. Up to that point in time I had never been in a long-term relationship. I didn’t know how, [...]
My Medicine

[Editor’s Note: I’ve actually been contemplating writing a post about this for quite some time and when I saw today’s prompt, I figured now is as good a [...]
Who is Responsible For Your Happiness?

I sat comfortably at my desk, sipping on my morning coffee, scrolling through my Facebook feed as I do every morning while mentally preparing myself for another [...]
Can You Keep A Secret?

We all have secrets, right? Whether they’re our own or those of our closest confidantes. Some knowledge is just not fit for mass consumption. Some skeletons in our [...]
The Next Phase

When I arrived at my ex’s house Monday evening to pick up the twins, my ex lumbered through the front door clutching a sheet of paper. I mentally braced myself for what [...]
Thyroid Cancer: My Journey Thus Far

At this very moment last year, I was lying unconscious on an operating table, my neck opened wide as a surgeon evicted my thyroid and a few dozen lymph nodes from my body. [...]
Chinese Whispers

I love watching family videos. I can sit for hours sifting through videos of my children and never tire of watching them. I didn’t own my first camcorder until the [...]
2020 Things of Thankful

….I used to participate in a weekly challenge called 10 Things of Thankful. The idea was to find 10 things every week for which I was thankful. After a while it became [...]
Interview With a Trooper – Would You Rather Edition

I’ve had these questions just sitting in my drafts folder for ages, but I’ve been too busy working and/or being depressed by this stupid-ass year to answer them. [...]
2020 Vision

I remember the first time I watched Disney’s version of Alice in Wonderland and wondering when, if ever, Alice would reach the bottom of the rabbit hole. The agony of [...]
Four Score (but really only two months) Ago…

I faced the most daunting challenge of my life. A CT scan revealed that a 4cm mass of thyroid tissue had grown outside of my actual thyroid, and a biopsy determined it was [...]
Cancerous Thoughts

I sat in an uncomfortable chair in the ENT’s office after a long day at work. Between the everyday stress of working and raising my youngest son, I had the added weight [...]

False Emergency

February 3, 2014 // 109 Comments

” I want juice,” Baby C demanded. “What do you say?” I replied. “Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!” he responded with a level of cuteness that [...]
Sometimes those kids of mine

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The Ups and Downs of Parenthood

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More 12-year old logic

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Why My Kids Shouldn’t Dress Themselves

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Walk for Suicide Prevention

July 8, 2013 // 47 Comments

Months ago in a guest post about suicide and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. I described the community walks and the fundraising efforts for things such as [...]
Help Me Find Me

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A Walk to Remember

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The Mental Health Talk

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Throwing the book at stigma

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