Monday, November 2, 2015

A New Home, A New Life, and New Adventures

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It's been nine months since I last posted on this blog, and that's been way too long. But there are several good reasons for that; t...
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Friday, January 30, 2015

Marking My 10-Year Anniversary with MS

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I was driving on Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland around noon on a sunny and cold winter day when I got the call. It was January 30, 2005...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

Why Writing a Book is Like Having a Baby

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I just returned very late last night from having a BALL at the Texas Book Festival in Austin. This is my second time at the Festival, with t...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Why is the Government So Afraid of Medical Marijuana Research?

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In July 2014, my family and I traveled to a suburb of Denver, Colorado for a family reunion. As a subject matter expert on Mexico’s drug wa...
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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Knowing When You Can Fight, and When You Cannot

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There comes a time--well, actually several times--in the life of a person with MS when he or she has to come out of a state of denial and re...
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

When "Supermom" Crashes and Burns

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Supermom officially crashed today. I was in the middle of heating up some pancakes for our kids' breakfast and I just started sobbing. O...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

My Complicated Relationship with the Word "Help"

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"Mommy, can you help me open this?" "Mommy, can you fix this?" "Mommy, can you wipe my tush?" Any mother...
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