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Tag Archives: New Jersey
Tuesdays With Tyler: When Girls Attack!
Ever since Tyler has been in kindergarten he has told me he has not liked a fellow student I will call “Drizella”. This is unusual because Tyler has been in love with ladies big and small ever since he saw … Continue reading
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Tagged antibullying, antibullying laws, boy being bullied by a girl, bullying, Grant, New Jersey, Tuesdays With Tyler, Tyler
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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
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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Tagged autumn, Birthday, chronic pain, Costochondritis, DSW Shoe Warehouse, endocrinology, flare, flaring, Lupus, New Jersey, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatologist, undiagnosed
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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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Tagged alcohol, child, children, Cocaine, drugs, heroin, illegal drugs, kids, Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop, marijuana, New Jersey, overdose, school, school assembly
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Tuesdays With Tyler: The Fall Festival!
One of the things I love about living where we do is that you can be in New York City one weekend and down on the farm the next. All of you people who make fun of New Jersey think about … Continue reading
Tyler’s First, First Day
Monday night I could not sleep. It was nothing new really; when I wake up, whether to go to the bathroom or I hear a noise, I often awake in pain, and then I need to take something for the … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th birthday, anxiety, back pack, Birthday, bus, child, children, education, Eeyore, Emily, first day of kindergarten, first day of school, flood watch, Grant, Hurricane Irene, kids, kindergarten, New Jersey, OCD, school, school bus, Tourette's Syndrome, Tyler
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The Summer of Chronic
About ten minutes ago (around 7 a.m.) I got my first sense of “back to school” dread. Even though I was a good student, I was a girl who loved her summers. I was a tom boy; a tree climber, … Continue reading
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Tagged abilities, anxiety, autumn, back to school, back to school blues, back to school time, chronic, chronic disease, chronic illness, Connecticut, daycare, Depression, diagnosis, Disability, disease, Get Smart, Gidget, Grant, Harriet the Spy, Judy Blume, karate, kindergarten, Labor Day, library, Lupus, New Jersey, New York, OCD, Paul Zindel, pre-school, preschool, sensory issues, Sensory Perception Disorder, Social Security Administration, summer, summer camp, The Cars 2, The Smurfs, Tyler, Winnie the Pooh, winter
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At the Social Security Doctors – The Horror, The Horror
(I am sorry to keep you waiting so long. I wrote this over the course of two days, starting on Monday overnight. I am sorry it is so long but I felt that it is a story that HAD to … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, Bi-polar Disorder, cancer, Cirque du Soleil, Depression, Disability, Disability Hearing, Doctor, Doctors, exams, Fibromyalgia, hospitalization, hypermobile, hypermobility, lawyer, Lupusl, Mania, Mental, Neurological, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Orencia, Rheumatological, Social Security, Social Security Disability, Social Security doctors, Substantial Gainful Employment, trial
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My Last Date
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop 1.) Describe a memorable first date. This prompt is the perfect opportunity to tell you about something that I have never written about on my blog; how I met my husband. It is, actually, … Continue reading
An Hour to Kill on the Telephone
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Prompt 4.) You have an hour to kill on the telephone. Who do you call and why? With no offense meant to friends or other family members, the person I would call if I had … Continue reading
