Author: Dena Abramson Babb
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Nothing a little salt air can’t make better…
Life doesn’t always go as planned. But salt air can help fix just about anything…
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Grace, Indeed
Meet Grace. She’s an 8 year old white lab – a former service dog who was retired when she developed diabetes and cataracts. And as of today, she’s the newest member of our family. We weren’t intending to get a dog right now. The kids have wanted one for ages, but it’s never seemed like…
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Letting Go of the Security Blanket
We are now one week into summer vacation for my kids. Which means we are now one week into being solidly past our elementary school years – a fact I am just beginning to fully acknowledge. It’s not that I am sappy, mushy, and in denial about my kids growing up. Frankly, I enjoy them…
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(Failure to) Thrive…
My son was born tongue-tied. Literally. Many people don’t know that tongue-tie is an actual thing…Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) is a condition present at birth that restricts the tongue’s range of motion. An unusually short, thick or tight band of tissue (lingual frenulum) tethers the bottom of the tongue’s tip to the floor of the mouth. The…
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Note to self…
Dear Dena, Today started with an email from your son’s therapist that included this…”It seems increasingly urgent that we meet ASAP to collaborate more closely and consider what may be needed for O at this time. He does seem to be deteriorating over the last several months now.” It’s not that you didn’t see that…
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Donating My Birthday
It’s my Birthday Week. When my husband and kids asked what I want for my birthday, I told them nothing – actually I told my husband that I want to come home to a clean house when I get home on Sunday evening from a weekend trip with our daughter 😉 But what I’d really…
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Look Closer
Ahhh, TimeHop. It’s so great for a smile or a laugh first thing in the morning. It’s also so great at reminding me of the things a picture can’t capture, but remain true and in my memory even so. On this day 3 years ago we went to the LA Time Festival of Books at…
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Head, Heart & Hating…Why Parenting is HARD!
Fair warning – I doubt that this is a legitimate and coherent blog post. It’s likely going to be more of a brain dump. But a brain dump that will make my heart feel better. So that’s a good thing. Right? This parenting thing? I am so not enjoying it right now. I actually kind…
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Life In Black & White: Lent 2018; March 26th
Lent is a time to reflect upon the question, “Who does God call me to be?” For the past few years a part of my Lenten discipline has been to participate in a photo-a-day challenge. The challenge is simple – each day reflect upon a word and capture an image that represents that word to…
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Life In Black & White: Lent 2018; March 25th
Lent is a time to reflect upon the question, “Who does God call me to be?” For the past few years a part of my Lenten discipline has been to participate in a photo-a-day challenge. The challenge is simple – each day reflect upon a word and capture an image that represents that word to…
We're All A Little Broken 