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Tag Archives: chronic illness
Monday Morning Mother’s Day Quarterback
A lot of mothers with chronic illness have enormous feelings of guilt that they cannot be “Super Mommy”. That instead of doing things with their children they have to nap. That they often end up just watching their children instead … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, Emily, holiday, mom, mommy, Mother, Mother's Day, Super Mommy, Tyler
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Chronically Ill and Displaced by Hurricane Sandy
When I ask people in my Cleveland suburb if they know that many people are still homeless or unable to access their homes due to Hurricane Sandy’s damage, they are shocked. I say to them, “It’s on the news, everyday”, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ataxia, B Street Band, Bruce Springsteen, chronic illness, Chronically Ill, Cleveland, Disability, disabled, Facebook, FEMA, Foursquare, Get Glue, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort, John "JC" Colyer, New Jersey, Ohio, Red Cross, Seaside Heights, Social Security Disability, SSDI, The Hurricane Sandy Relief Concert
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My Gamble
I read The Headmaster’s Wager 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Book club, chronic illness, Chronically Ill, Cleveland, Disability, disabled, Emily, From Left to Write Book Club, Grant, New Jersey, North Chagrin Reservation, Ohio, Social Security Disability Insurance, Sponsored Tweets, SSDI, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Headmaster's Wager, Tyler, Vincent Lam
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A Post Impossible to Name, Part 2
Dear friends, Thank you for coming to read my blog. Before you read this post, you may want to read this post as this is part of a continuing series I am just starting. I wrote this post in December … Continue reading
A Post Impossible to Name
Dear friends, What I am going to write to you about, what has happened to my family, has been to me so shocking, disturbing and upsetting that to put any title on it would make it seem like it was … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, Chronically Ill, disabled, Emily, Grant, Mental Illness, Ohio, Tyler
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Tuesdays With Tyler: Losing My Religion
I am raising Tyler as a Catholic, like me. I had him christened at three months old…and that is the last time he or I have ever been in a church. For many years due to chronic illness I have … Continue reading
Someday I am Going To…
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Prompt 5. Someday I am going to…(Inspired by Marcy Writes) Someday I am going to build my blog back to where it was. The day before my last blog post on January 11, 2012, … Continue reading
When Do I Tell My Child We’re Poor?
As many know, chronic illness often brings about chronic poverty. My husband and I have been dealing with this since 2008, when I got laid off from work and found myself too sick to look for another position. We qualified … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Birds, Christmas, chronic illness, Emily, Food Bank, Grant, Halloween, Peter Parker. Aunt May, poverty, Santa, Social Worker, Spider-Man, Tyler, WIC
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For My Son On His 6th Birthday
Dear Tyler, I am already tearing up as I write this because of how drastically our lives have changed. You have been through so much this year. My hospitalization for two weeks when you told daddy you forgot what I … Continue reading
My Son, My Hope
September 10-16 is National Chronic Illness Awareness Week. In my posts I hope to comfort those who are first experiencing chronic illness and those who continue to live a life in chronic pain and with chronic illness; as well as … Continue reading
