patience
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This week has been stressful. As I often do, I offered to help a friend, and I’m genuinely glad I did. It allowed them to have a productive few days. At the same time, I was dealing with a severe, persistent cough that kept me from sleeping for several nights. Trying to balance my own… Read more
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Surviving an ordinary day…. Most days aren’t epic or cinematic — they’re cluttered, repetitive, emotionally uneven. You wake up with last night’s worries still clinging to your ribs, roll your shoulders against the weight of everything you’re carrying, and decide, yet again, to try. Not heroically. Not flawlessly. Just… try. The people love to see… Read more
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January 2009 – I chose 5 blog posts and re-wrote it all as one post with some deeper reflection. Much of that month was spent healing, and on major painkillers, so the original posts were “blurry” so to speak. New Year’s Eve came and went quietly, like it had for years. We stayed home. The… Read more
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I am about 99% certain that Evan has Attention Deficit Disorder. He’s been potty trained for a few months now, and suddenly—without any major life changes—he’s started peeing his pants 4–5 times a day for the past week or two. On top of that, he yells, throws things, slams doors, gets rough with his brothers,… Read more
