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The Best Lamb Dinner in the World

Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 28. It’s hard to believe and I’m beginning to wonder where my 20s went, as I approach my third decade of life on this Earth. I’m very grateful I’ve been here this long, but I feel that I’ve let life pass me by in…

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New Years Resolutions

I spoke a bit about my plans for the next year, but I really wasn’t as specific as I would like to be in my goals for the new year. I thought maybe if I listed them, a la, the new year’s resolution style of thinking, I could reflect back…

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A Time to Be Thankful

As the end of the year approaches, it’s time for all of us to be thankful and yet, this year, I’m finding it hard. For the first time since we’ve been working for ourselves, Ashtyn and I are facing real struggles. These are struggles I don’t talk about with anyone…

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Happy Halloween!

We celebrated Halloween on Friday and Saturday. CT is 13, so this is the first year he didn’t go out trick or treating. On Friday night, he stood in the doorway of my bedroom and said, “I guess trick or treating is over.” I said to him, “Yes, CT. It…

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Working on My Book

I’m writing a book about my life. It almost seems sensational in aspects. The main gist of the story is that I was born in 1980. I was diagnosed at age 4 with a neuromuscular disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Raised in a dysfunctional family with an incredibly overbearing mother and…

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What Constitutes Abuse?

What constitutes abuse? Is it a smack on the face? How about an unpleasant word? Is abuse something deeper or is just something that has to be construed as abuse by the victim of said abuse? I’ve been in therapy since I was five. That’s about the time I realized…