Category: The Soundtrack of Life
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Social Distancing Week 5….Here Comes the Sun (Eventually)
Friday, April 17, 2020…1:18pm The end of week 5. Remember when we were mostly & blissfully ignorant about how long this time at home would actually be? The good old days… Coming off an exceptionally challenging time last week , I spent much of this week running on fumes. If you’d asked me at any point…
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Season of Survival – Thoughts From a Parent During Mental Health Month
Have you ever experienced something from the past through the fresh lens of the present? It could be a place, or a movie, or a book, or a song – something that holds a memory, but when you experience it with the perspective gained through more trips around the sun new meaning shines through. I…
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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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I Believe in Santa Claus
I adore Christmas. To me, Christmas has the ability to bring out the best in people. Christmas is equal parts magic, wonder, joy and love – all things this world could use more of on regular basis. The stories of both the birth of Jesus and of Santa Claus fill my heart and my soul.…
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Home…Real, Raw, Broken, Beautiful
14 years ago this month, we bought our first house. It was little, but on a decent sized corner lot. It was not in the “best” neighborhood, but in a really good, quiet neighborhood. It was a good house, and we planned to be in it for about 5 years. Today we signed the…
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The Story Behind We’re All A Little Broken
Why is the name of my blog We’re All A Little Broken? Until recently, I was crediting the title to something my husband said to me in the middle of a particularly emotional conversation about our son’s struggles. “We’re all broken.” I remember thinking at the time how wise and true that statement was. We…
We're All A Little Broken 