We're All A Little Broken

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  • A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words…

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    Dena Abramson Babb
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    We are in the swift downhill race to the end of elementary school for my son. Every single day there is some celebration marking the end of the class of 2017’s time at the school.  Today that celebration was an awards ceremony honoring academic achievement. My smarty pants, loves school, never met a book he…

  • Too Much!

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    Dena Abramson Babb
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    One day last week I spent sometime updating calendar. There were at least a dozen things – some work related, some volunteer related, some kid related – that I knew were happening, but had not yet made it onto the calendar. I am generally pretty good about getting things down on the calendar as soon…

  • Maintenance Dose

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    Dena Abramson Babb
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    377 days. That’s the total number of days between the date my son was first prescribed psychiatric medication and today. In those days the type of medication has changed 3 times and the dosages have been adjusted 7 times. And today, on day 377, the psychiatrist sat across the desk from us and told us…

  • Bearing Each Other’s Burdens

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    Dena Abramson Babb
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    I was honored, and a little (okay a lot!) nervous to be invited as the featured speaker at Atascadero United Methodist Church as part of their annual Mental Health Awareness Sunday. The key word to me in that sentence is “annual”…..every year for the past few years they have set aside one Sunday in the…

  • The Is Us; 2017

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    Dena Abramson Babb
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    One year ago today I hit publish on “a little project” I’d been working on. Today I went back and read the post that started what has become an incredible journey. Take a peek and see where we started. We’re in a much better place in general today than we were when I wrote that…

  • Love, Faith, and Anxiety

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    Dena Abramson Babb
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    Maundy Thursday is the day that Christians commemorate the gathering of Jesus and his disciples for the Last Supper. Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum, meaning commandment, in reference to Jesus’ teachings about a new commandment. “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one…

  • Look Closer…

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    Dena Abramson Babb
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    One year ago today…. This was a picture perfect day as captured from the rooftop deck at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I remember the first part of the day being a lovely family outing. And there are dozens of other pictures taken that morning which support my memory.  But shortly after this picture was taken,…