What They Really Need to Hear after a Life-Changing Diagnosis
When I was 20-weeks pregnant, my routine blood work came back with an abnormal marker. A second blood test and…
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When I was 20-weeks pregnant, my routine blood work came back with an abnormal marker. A second blood test and…
Continue ReadingHey mama, Yeah, you. The one who just got what feels like the most devastating news possible about that little…
Continue ReadingRiley’s story starts April 23, 2019. We had opted to get the 3-month scan and NIPT test with our third…
Continue ReadingThis is an open letter to the early days me—when my son’s cancer diagnosis was first spoken over him—and to…
Continue Reading“. . . and if I may ask . . . how are you and Jon after all of this?”…
Continue ReadingDear self, Hi. It's me . . . well, you . . . it's you from the future. I wanted…
Continue ReadingI never wanted to be here. Carting my child from one therapy appointment to another. Arguing with the insurance company…
Continue ReadingCharlie is almost seven. He's severely autistic. The truth is that raising a nonverbal, autistic child is emotionally draining. I…
Continue ReadingI understand that generalizations can be upsetting, so I want everyone to be clear I am not clumping all special…
Continue ReadingWhite walls. Tile floor. Blue table. Chair. Breathe. My eyes look around the room again. White walls. Tile floor. Blue…
Continue ReadingDhruv Gaur must have known he was throwing the game. But what the Brown University college student scribbled on his…
Continue ReadingWe were driving home from preschool when my 4-year-old mumbled something almost inaudible from the back seat. "Am I bad?" My…
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