Two Minutes in a Mom’s Brain on Diagnosis Day
White walls. Tile floor. Blue table. Chair. Breathe. My eyes look around the room again. White walls. Tile floor. Blue table. Chair. Breathe. No…
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Contestant Wins $5—And Our Hearts—After His Final Jeopardy Response Chokes Up Alex Trebek
Dhruv Gaur must have known he was throwing the game. But what the Brown University college student scribbled on his telestrator as the familiar Final…
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I Don’t Know if it’s ADHD, But I Do Know My Son Needs Me to Fight For Him
We were driving home from preschool when my 4-year-old mumbled something almost inaudible from the back seat. “Am I bad?” My spine…
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To My Mom When She Was Diagnosed With Cancer
Dear Mom, I’ll never forget the day you were diagnosed with cancer. Neither of us cried. I’m not sure if it was because we were just too numb…
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I Was Scared To Look at My Baby When He Was Born
The day had arrived. We prepared for this day for months. Only we didn’t prep in the way most families do for a new arrival. There was no stocking…
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Apple Cancer
The story of how it all began: Once upon a time there was girl. A lovely, unassuming girl. On a spring afternoon, she went for a walk at one of her…
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