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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...
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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...
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Someday I am Going To…
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Prompt 5. Someday I am going to…(Inspired by Marcy Writes) Someday I am going to build my blog back to where it was. The day before my last blog post on...
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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 been...
View ArticleA 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 out...
View ArticleA Post Impossible to Name, Part 2
Dear friends, Thank you for coming to read my blog. Before you read this post, you may want to read this post as this is part of a continuing series I am just starting. I wrote this post in December...
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My Gamble
I read The Headmaster’s Wager 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...
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Chronically Ill and Displaced by Hurricane Sandy
When I ask people in my Cleveland suburb if they know that many people are still homeless or unable to access their homes due to Hurricane Sandy’s damage, they are shocked. I say to them, “It’s on the...
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Monday Morning Mother’s Day Quarterback
A lot of mothers with chronic illness have enormous feelings of guilt that they cannot be “Super Mommy”. That instead of doing things with their children they have to nap. That they often end up just...
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Over-scheduled
Ah, those lazy days of summer…relaxing by the pool, sleeping in, the ice cream man… Not at my house. Grant and I said we were never going to do this but we have over-scheduled Tyler. Next week he...
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Chronic Mom, Chronic Summer
I realize I haven’t written about Tyler in some time which is a bit crazy since I proudly own up to having a Mommy Blog. He did very well in first grade and made great improvements in his handwriting...
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“So What Are You Doing For the Fourth?”
“What are your plans for the fourth?”, is the question on everybody’s lips this week. For people with chronic illness, holiday plans can be a challenge. Do you participate in the holiday, the barbecues...
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Guest Post: A Mom Dealing With Rheumatoid Arthritis
This is my first of a monthly series of guest posters who will share their diseases and conditions and how they affect their lives. I met Alecia when we participated in a Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop...
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My Fantasy Super Mom Power
It’s Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Time Again! Prompt 4.) If you could have any super mom power, what would it be? I didn’t have to think too hard on this one, if I could have any super mom power it...
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The Wait is Over
After several weeks of waiting, my doctors’ appointments and tests begin tomorrow. I see the Infectious Disease Specialist, who hopefully will determine if I have Lyme Disease. This is my third try for...
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Right Click Paste!
Prompt: 2. Open a blank blog post and “right click paste” in the body of the post…what was pasted? Explain it. Spoon Theory mentioned on MTV!...
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My Blogiversary
May marks the sixth year I have been blogging at Mama Sick. This year I am finding the challenges of mental illness difficult to deal with. Due to being depressed, I have had long occasions in which I...
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Still the Best Mom in the World
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writers’ Workshop. 1. Throwback Thursday: Choose a photo from a previous May and write a poem or a blog post. When I found this post from May of 2013 I was really glad I saw it...
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Results of My Challenging Week
I first wrote about this here. Last week Tyler had full day summer camp and Grant and I decided he would spend the whole week with me since the camp’s location was closer. The week passed quickly,...
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Contest: Win the Book “How to Be Sick”!
Recently I read the excellent book, “How to Be Sick, a Buddist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers” by Toni Bernhard. Previously a law professor for 22 years, Toni got sick in...
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