For the past few days I’d been working on a post about new year’s resolutions–which I don’t make anymore (because there is no faster way to get myself fighting against what I want to…
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I was raised by two people who loved their children deeply but didn’t have a lot of emotional intelligence. For both of my parents, the whole concept of feelings was little more than a…
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When Mike was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2018, I wasn’t sure what that meant. I understood that it explained the muscle tremor in his right hand; beyond that, however, I didn’t know…
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The hardest part of being a care partner for a loved one with Parkinson’s Disease is knowing there’s nothing you can do to stop the progression of the illness. There are meds that help…
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Have you spent your whole life hearing certain rules repeated over and over again? I’m not talking about basic safety rules; I’m talking about the social rules that are specific to women. Rules about…
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My word of the year for 2021 is Open, and when I made that choice I really had no idea how many ways it was going to impact my life. I thought about being…
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This morning, on my usual walk through my neighborhood, I listened to an episode of Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber’s podcast, The Confessional. (I’ve mentioned this podcast before, and I really do recommend it. Every episode…