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Tag Archives: Emily
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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Approved!
After a three year fight I have been approved for my Social Security Disability Insurance !!! For so many who get approved there are a lot of mixed feelings involved. To be finally declared disabled, that you are truly sick … Continue reading
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
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
My Disability Reconsideration Hearing is on Friday
Nearly three years to the day I applied for Social Security Disability, and 15 months after my initial hearing, my Reconsideration hearing is here. When a person is denied at their initial hearing, one is allowed to appeal the decision. … Continue reading
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Tagged appealing disability, Disability, Disability Hearing, Disability SSDI, Emily, Grant, Reconsideration Hearing, SSDI
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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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Tuesdays With Tyler: Birthday Party With Pictures!
When we first moved to Massachusetts in March, Tyler was five and a half and I couldn’t begin to wrap my mind on a birthday party for him in September, with none of his friends and his daddy not being … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th birthday, Emily, Grant, Massachussetts, Mental Illness, New Jersey, Tuesdays With Tyler, Tyler
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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
Dropping Back Into Life
Let me start off by saying how sorry I am to have made you worry. I received so many emails, tweets and comments on my blog from concerned readers. After eight months, I finally feel ready to talk again. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, Disability SSDI, Emily, Grant, Lupus, Mama Kat's Losin' It, Massachusetts, Mental Illness, Ohio, Tyler
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Happy to See 2011 Go, Especially This Week!
Poor Tyler. He has been home all week for Winter break and what a week it’s been for me healthwise. He has been great through it all I have to say. As I have told you, I have been going … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, Christmas, chronic illness, chronically ill moms, Depression, Emily, Grant, holidays, insomnia, Mental Illness, nausea, New Year's Eve, therapist, Tyler
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