Month: November 2009
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Sunny Days, Sweepin’ the Clouds Away…by Samantha
Mama is old! But not as old as Sesame Street! Sesame Street is so old today that Mama says she watched it as a little girl. I asked her how she could find time to watch it when she was running from the dinosaurs! That’s because I think she’s so old. One of Mama’s favorite…
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20 Years
Like any good Generation X’er growing up in the 80’s, I was a child of the Cold War and the culture associated with it. Who could forget that terrifying movie The Day After with the sobering nuclear attack scene? I can still recite Sting’s I Hope the Russians Love Their Children Too. How can I…
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Hazardous Material
Sometimes I forget that our life is a little different than others…. We have had 100 vials of Vancomyacin in our downstairs refrigerator next to the pickles. This was medication left over from the summer…from Samantha’s battles with several different infections. The vicious infection cycle kind of went like this…. Samantha would get sick….. We…
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Chicken Soup! By Samantha
I’m writing today’s blog because Mama only has one typing hand. The other hand is giving herself a pat on the back…. A couple months ago Chicken Soup for the Soul accepted her essay, The Blessing Bowl, to be printed in their book, Count Your Blessings! Today, the book was distributed. We are very excited…
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The List
We have been waiting for the H1N1 vaccine. It’s never really been a choice for us, do we vaccinate? Do we not? It’s always been understood that if Samantha got H1N1, she would probably get really, really sick. Hospital sick. We are not fans of the hospital, even though we seem to spend a lot…
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