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Reacting to negativity
A question was asked on the Pierre Robin Sequence board: As a parent to a special needs child, do you get offended when people ask “whats wrong” when they see a trach or something out of the norm with your child? how do you react to the question?
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The age of reason
I’ve written before on some of my ideologies in being a parent. I’d like to do so again, in particular about instruction and reasoning.
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A night at the ER
Namine fell and hurt her head and back this evening. We’re finally back home from the hospital, and she’s only suffered a minor concussion.
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Mummies and duddies
I forget how Namine and I got on the topic of mummies. We were talking about pyramids, I think. Jessica might remember.
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The most inspiring thing
I asked Namine a serious question. I was not prepared for her answer.
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Playing Kingdom Hearts
Namine knows she’s named after a video game character, but tonight she played the game for the first time.
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How to make friends
Namine and I had a talk about staring.
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No jokes!
We had just gotten home from the store. I got Namine into her wheelchair, and started gathering the groceries.
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New bed!
Tonight I get to write the post I wanted to last Sunday, and Namine could not be happier.
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Betty Brinn museum
Variety, the children’s charity group, had an outing the other night.
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Reason for the pain
We went to our church’s evening service last night. I helped Namine draw from personal experience to understand the sermon’s lesson.
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Fairest of them all
Yesterday morning we went to see Snow White in the theater. Then Namine amazed me.