It’s been an interesting school year. A year of huge changes for Jessica. She started off her year with a concussion that took an unreasonably long time to go away. She then fell, injuring her knee which led to near constant pain and a diagnosis of Osgood Schlatter disease. She was just barely off the …
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May 20
Nobody said it would be easy
Although for a long, long time, it was. We were broke, all the time, and we struggled with scheduling and had only one car. Our place was too small, and the kids were everywhere, and there was SO.MUCH.STUFF. But even with that, I still knew that we were ridiculously lucky. All of the kids were …
May 01
Sadness
I’m just sad today. Sam’s sick today, was throwing up last night, and is still asleep in the living room. He was throwing up a few weeks ago too, and even though Marc is convinced it’s just a random run of the mill virus, nothing to worry about, a part of me is convinced that …
Apr 30
My Julianna – 8 years old
Each child is different, and each one brings their own magic into the mix. Julianna completed our family, in a way that is utterly perfect and exactly what I would have hoped for. Her pregnancy was a family affair. Sam, Jessie and Marc used to come to the bathroom and Marc would hold my hair, …
Apr 20
Celiac’s Disease
I was writing a lovely little post about April vacation. We did a little walking, a little hiking, a little cooking. A little hanging out, a little rearranging. A little homeschooling, because it’s not vacation for Sam, and then it all came screaming to a halt on Wednesday afternoon. A few weeks ago, Jessie had …
Apr 13
What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger
There’s a book I’ve been waiting to read (it’s on hold at the library) and it’s called “Everything happens for a reason and other lies I’ve loved.” I’d want it for the title alone. But there’s another platitude that I hear a lot, and it’s that whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. That’s not …
Apr 12
Hospital visits
Jessie had an endoscopy yesterday afternoon. We did allergy testing a few weeks ago and her celiac panel came back with elevated numbers. The only way to rule out celiac is to do the biopsies and the only way to get the samples is to do the scope. We had to go into Boston for …
Mar 26
Damage
It takes so little for me to go back there, to that place of being so scared for Sam and feeling powerless to make it better. We’ve been homeschooling for three years now. Or it’s been three years since the accident (because that first year is just a blur of doctor’s visits and white rice). …
Mar 13
So much snow…
Third Nor’easter in twelve days, and I’ve grown to love these mid-week snow days. I now think it’s utterly normal to go to public school for a day or two, take a few days off, and finish up the week. I usually try to homeschool on snow days, but with Marc home today, I let …
Mar 03
Bar Mitzvah
There are internal clocks that go off for me, when I find myself in a certain emotional place for no specific reason, until I look at a calendar and realize what’s happening. For example, every February, April and July, I usually find myself going thru a week or two of massive baby-fever, where I really …
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