Tag: Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy

Bragging Rights

Parents of disabled children … or any child that doesn’t fit the norm … rarely have opportunities to brag about their progeny. I’m grateful to have such an opportunity and I’m going to take it! Anniversary On July 1, 2023,…

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Acceptance & Letting Go

My body felt lighter on Thursday when I drove away from my tax accountant’s office. One more time I was being challenged to accept and let go … a recurring theme in my life. I came to acceptance of writing…

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Affirmation

Monday, Nicole and I traveled to Columbus for her six-month check-up at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center. The sun shown brightly and the traffic on I70 was light, so it was a good trip. As usual, we stopped in Hilliard…

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Validation: “You make sense to me”

I believe that most of us long to be heard and understood. Before I retired as an Imago Therapist, a major part of my work with couples involved helping them hear and understand each other. Imago Therapists teach couples a…

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Strength in Weakness

“…for when I am weak, then I am strong.” ~II Cor. 10b Due to website problems preventing subscribers from receiving posts, this is a re-post of my September 11 post. The most important instruction given to those writing a memoir is…

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Strength in Weakness

“…for when I am weak, then I am strong.” ~II Cor. 10b The most important instruction given to those writing a memoir is to be honest about our shortcomings and to be generous in describing others so as not to demonize…

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