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Cerebral Palsy, Parenting

Game On

First grade is a big deal. I remember my first day. I remember what I wore – a cranberry sweater vest with a button-down shirt underneath. Thanks Mom. I remember what my Dad said when he walked downstairs and saw me with my books, all ready to go – Joe Cool. I guess sweater vests were cool, I still don’t know who Joe is though. But I was ready. I had the distinct feeling of growing up and I liked it. This was big kid business, and I was all business. I walked into my classroom and was ...
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Parenting

What is there to say?

The struggles of divorce. Long after the papers are signed, it continues. It’s not a topic I write freely about. I talk freely to family and friends. Ask them. They have gotten earfuls. They sit with patience as I express my fears and concerns. They sit with understanding as I convey my frustrations and disappointments. They sit with tolerance as I release a string of bullsh*ts and motherf***kers. I mean, even my parents have managed to overlook the swearing in these moments…these are the ...
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Cerebral Palsy, Parenting

Relentless Commitment

In the first year of Amichai’s life, he had one PT session and one OT session a week. I was given homework to do in the interim – daily stretches and exercises that worked to strengthen his right side. Here’s the thing with me and homework – I have always done my homework. I have always done the task I was assigned because I believed it would help me get better at whatever I was trying to achieve. I studied hard, I didn’t cut class, and I did my homework. I did the same with sports. I ...
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Everyday Expertise, Parenting

Right Here

We are stuck at home. Isolated. Trying our best to keep a daily routine for ourselves. Trying to keep our kids on schedule. Trying to stay motivated. Trying to stay sane. The thing is – I’m pretty calm right now. I was even relatively calm when I came back from the pharmacy the other day and saw that Gabe had rigged up some ropes on the porch. He and Yosef decided it was a good idea to repel down the porch and then climb back up the wall. Right… As more or less experienced climbers, I ...
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Parenting

Fail Not

At a client’s suggestion, I listened to The Longest Shortest Time’s recent episode – Ina May’s Guide, Completely Revisited. In this episode, Hillary Frank dives back into an episode she did five years ago with Ina May Gaskin. Hillary talks openly and honestly with Gaskin about her own struggles with the natural birth movement, how she so very much wanted to have a natural birth, how that did not work out the way she planned, how she felt she failed at childbirth, and how Ina May’s books ...
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