Mona first told me her idea for Glitter during Sparklecorn at Blogher13. This was after she stood behind me, waiting for my brain to connect the dots and realize the gorgeous red head was one of my favorite bloggers, Dead Cow Girl. In my defense, there was a lot going on at that moment. Megan [...]
The past couple of weeks have been incredibly busy. Between conferences, medical updates, and coping with infertility on Mother’s Day, I feel like everything is, again, coming to a head all at once. But like before, the good is still outweighing the bad. Before we left for #BBCPhilly that Friday, Ben and I spent the [...]
A couple of weeks ago, we got a letter from Ben’s insurance, saying they’ve approved the pre-authorization request for the genetic testing to find out if he’s a carrier for LGMD. The prescription for the blood work showed up about a week later. At that point, it hit me that this is really happening. We’re [...]
Yesterday afternoon, I had a conversation with my brother’s ex (who, since they ended on amicable terms, I still chat with on a semi-regular basis). Excitedly, she talked to me about the biggest update in her life: hearing aides. She’s had progressive hearing loss for as long as I’ve known her; luckily though, her doctors have said she won’t [...]
This week is National Infertility Awareness week. I’ve wanted to pretend that I didn’t notice. (Which is sort of amusing, considering the theme for this year is “Don’t Ignore Infertility.) I read the heartbreaking stories, the hopeful stories, and the in-between. Most of the time, instead of offering words of encouragement, I closed my eyes [...]
I had a conversation with a friend the other day, who made the comment that sometimes, she forgets that I’m in a wheelchair. I get that. There are times when even I forget about it. Yesterday was not one of those times. I had taken the dogs out back that afternoon to do their business. [...]
Today’s post hits close to home for me, because of my own family’s history of bipolar disorder. Jenna, author of The Neuff, and the mastermind behind the beautiful blog design website, Bloggy Blog Designz, is talking about her experience with her bipolar diagnosis. The U.S. National Library of Medicine states that “bipolar disorder is a [...]
Whit was introduced to me through a mutual blogging friend, and is here today to talk to us about his personal journey with anxiety and social anxiety. You can read more about him on his blog. SQUEE! A BOY BLOGGER! *ahem* sorry . . . as I was saying . . . For most people, [...]
Our lovely guest poster today is Meghan, who is a pretty special, and pretty awesome 19-year-old. But you can hop on over to her blog, They Call Her Meghan, and see that for yourself. After you read this post, of course . . . but I digress . . . Meghan’s condition is front nasal [...]
Erin is a new blogging friend of mine and I’m sure she’ll quickly be one of yours, too! Erin is a mom to identical twin sons both diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of 2. She writes about her life with 3 boys under 3 at The Slacker Mom. Did you know? According [...]
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