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About mamasick

Emily Cullen is a pen-name. I suffer from chronic illnesses and diseases which include Bipolar Disorder, Asthma, Diabetes and Fibromyalgia. I had battled Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis but there is no longer evidence of me having these diseases and my Rheumatologist has declared them to be "burnt out" of my system. I am separated from my husband, “Grant”. Our son, “Tyler” was born in September of 2006 and suffers from tics and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and is delayed in fine and gross motor skills. In my blog I seek to let sick moms know that they are not the only ones going through this, and to educate people about what can happens when one becomes catastrophically ill. I also strive to break down stereotypes of what a “Welfare Mom” is like. Anything that I have gone through due to being sick, is written on the pages of Mama Sick.

Tuesdays With Tyler: A Mother’s Agony, A Son’s Anguish

On Thursday I came clean about what was going on with my son.  It wasn’t really a matter of “coming clean” as it was the right time to write about it. Tyler no longer sleeps in bed with me but … Continue reading

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Review and Contest For “Lost Edens”

(I read Lost Edens as a member of the From Left to Write book club.  I was given a free copy of this book.  The opinions, however, are my own.  If you would like to read the post that I was inspired to write … Continue reading

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What You Don’t Know About My Son…

Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Prompt # 3:  Write a post that is eight lines long. (inspired by Mommy Nani Boo Boo)   1. That ever since he started kindergarten things have been a disaster. 2. That he is … Continue reading

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Tickets Now Open to the Public For the SmartTalk Women’s Series!

(I am working with SmartTalk in exchange for the opportunity to see these speakers at no cost to me, and for promotional opportunities for my blog.  I am not being monetarily compensated.) Tickets are now available to the general public … Continue reading

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Tuesdays With Tyler: Halloween!

For the first time ever, I’d be willing to bet, school was closed on Halloween.  Due to the storm, some schools still didn’t have power and roads were still closed.  I’d also bet that it was the first time the … Continue reading

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My Birthday: Good times!

Thanks to God and my friends’ and familys’ wishes for me to have a good day, I managed to have a nice, low pain birthday! October 29th will go down in history as a record snowstorm.  Neither my mother nor … Continue reading

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Another Birthday…At Least I’m Still Here??

Today is my birthday and it just happens that it looks like we are going to set a record in NJ for we are expecting up to three inches of snow, which never happens here and is never happened on … Continue reading

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Vacation Lost

Due to Grant getting his disability and us now having a small nest egg, we decided to do something with Tyler we had never done…take him on a vacation.  It was going to be a mini-vacation to Hershey Park’s “Halloween … Continue reading

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Scared the Hell Out of Me

Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Prompt 3) Something that scared the Hell out of you when you were a child. I guess this is the one I am choosing since this was an idea for a prompt that I … Continue reading

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Why I Stay

(I read Lost Edens 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 … Continue reading

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