One of the reasons I was at my doctor’s this week was because of some bothersome physical symptoms. Of what? Nothing has been horribly wrong, no major pain, just things have not been feeling right for several months.
Then suddenly I’m late.
Hey, no big deal, right? After all, Dex and I both took measures - personal, […]

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One of the reasons I started this blog was to write about life as a parent of a child with Down syndrome. It’s funny though. I realized today that very little of my writing here has to do with Down syndrome or with Davey’s having Down syndrome, or of our experience of him having Down […]

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There is nothing like losing your cool when you’re nude.
Yesterday I went to my gyno (I still think of him as my OB, but since I won’t be needing those services ever again, we’ll have to revert to our previously defined doctor/patient relationship). My doc is a wonderful, sweet man. He’s seen me at my worst (giving […]

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I picked up an Advent calendar at the grocery store yesterday. I hesitated, for no good reason other than thinking, eh, I don’t really need to get one today. Then it hit me - we were already three days into the calendar. Time to make paper chains! Time to get lights on the house! Now, […]

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How odd my one day break from posting felt after thirty solid days. Tonight as I packed school lunches, I kept glancing at the kitchen clock, thinking I’d better hurry so I can post before midnight. Then I’d remember… no one is keep tracking anymore.
We (meaning Dex) found Davey’s glasses yesterday. Imagine a big yard. […]

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