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Button up your overcoat…why don’t you use one of mine?
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Way to Get a Sweet Pair of Pants and Underwear!
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. 3. What was the last thing you bought? On Saturday, Tyler and I set out with two objectives: To get an Advent Calendar (or a Countdown to Christmas Calendar) as it was December 1st, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Angry Birds, Christmas, disabled, disabled mom, Emily, holidays, Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop, Marc's, Massachusetts, mom, mom blog, mommy, New Jersey, Ohio, Target, The Justice League, Tyler
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A Post Impossible to Name, Part 3
Before you read this post, you may want to start at Part 1 and then go to Part 2. The following post will be the last post in the series for 2012 because this should be a time of joy … Continue reading
Thankful
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. 2.) We’re going around the table and it’s your turn to share what you are thankful for…go! To say that I am thankful for my husband, child and I being able to be together … Continue reading
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Tagged But You Don't Look Sick, Costochondritis, Emily, Fibromyalgia, holiday, holidays, Interstitial Cystitis, Invisible Illness, Lupus, Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop, Massachusetts. handicapped placard, Myofascial Pain, New Jersey, Ohio, Thanksgiving, The Cleveland Clinic
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Mama Sick’s Hurricane Sandy Relief Post!!
“I’ve been having more difficulty than normal sleeping since Sandy came to town. My sincere hope is that even if you cannot read this, you are all in a warm, safe place with all of your loved ones and that … Continue reading
I Went to the Cleveland Clinic’s E.R. and All I Got Was Slipper Socks
We had a wonderful Halloween, delayed a couple of days due to Hurricane Sandy. For the first time since Tyler has been trick-or-treating I was well enough to walk with him, after either being pushed by Grant in a wheelchair … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, Cleveland, Cleveland Clinic, Emily, Fibromyalgia, Freehold Raceway Mall, Grant, Hurricane Sandy, Interstitial Cystitis, Lupus, Lupus with R.A. Overlap, Manic, Mental Illness, Myofascial Pain, narcotics, New Jersey, North Chagrin Reservation, Ohio, pain management, Social Security Disability Insurance, SSDI, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tylenol, Tyler
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Results of Disability Hearing: The Do-Over
(Disclaimer: The following account is my personal experience with a disability hearing and should in no way compare with anyone else’s experience. I do my best to research what I write, and seek to provide correct information to my readers; … Continue reading
Tuesdays With Tyler: Not Special Enough
Tyler has some special needs but often they are not readily apparent. Because of this, I find that people like to declare that he is fine and I am making too big a deal about minor things. This, is for … Continue reading
Tuesdays With Tyler: Another Meeting With the School
In follow-up to our October meeting with the school, Grant and I again met with the child study team last week. We have agreed to have Tyler evaluated. This would include being evaluated for “academics”, speech, occupational, social and psychological. … Continue reading
Flannery O’Connor: A Woman With Lupus Who Accomplished Great Things
It is thanks to the comedian Norm MacDonald and his twitter bookclub @normsbookclub, that I for the past few months have been expanding my mind and reading things I would have never read before if it wasn’t for Norm and … Continue reading
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Tagged @normsbookclub, @NormsStories, A Good Man is Hard to Find, bookclub, Disability, Flannery O'Connor, Invisible Illness, Lupus, Mary Flannery O'Connor, Moby Dick, Norm MacDonald, Pearl S. Buck, Percy Walker, Roman Catholic, Southern Gothic writing style, steroids, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, The Good Earth, The Life You Save May Be Your Own, The Moviegoer, Twitter, Wise Blood
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Forgetting Everything I Knew
I read Expecting Adam as a member of the From Left to Write book club. I was given a free copy of this book. This post is inspired by the book. Welcome to all of my fellow book club members or anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k, bankruptcy, blogger, blogging, Book clubs, Books, career, chronic illness, Chronically Ill, college fund, credit rating, Disability, disabled, Down Syndrome, Expecting Adam, Food Stamps, From Left to Write Book Club, Lupus, Lupus With RA Overlap, Martha Beck, Mental Illness, poverty, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Social Security Disability, special needs children, WIC, writer, writing
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