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Have You Written Your Senator?
I subscribe to the “Ask Dr. Sears” e-newsletter. In the newsletter last week the following link was listed in the vaccine information section. http://www.askdrsears.com/thevaccinebook/2009/07/h1n1-flu-vaccine-is-on-its-way-what.asp Vaccines are a hot button topic for me. I’m not anti-vaccine, but I’m anti-mandatory vaccines. I believe parents and the children’s personal doctors know what’s best for each child. I don’t […]
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Weaned (No, not the baby)
This is a follow-up to my August 4 Blog post, the one about my oldest son and our Autism journey. Missed that one? Might be good to back and read it before continuing. The medication weaning is complete! There is now only one prescription (which our local doctor is willing to prescribe) and three over-the-counter […]
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Crisp Weather Inspires Me
Autumn is in the air, albeit for only a few days. Just enough to engage my senses, reminding me that my favorite season is only a month, or two… or three, away. Such is life on the Gulf Coast. Sometimes autumn comes in September, other years it’s just a few weeks in November. And don’t […]
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Music, the pulse of life.
This is what my self-imposed homework consists of: listening to music. Music energizes and inspires me… and I’ve been avoiding it the past few years. Probably because if I listened to more music I’d feel like writing and since I wasn’t writing it would produce feelings of guilt. So rather than feeling guilty (or better […]
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WFMAD
I’m participating in a month long writing challenge hosted by Laurie Halse Anderson called “Write Fifteen Minutes a Day” (WFMAD). Laurie Halse Anderson is one of my favorite authors–check out her latest book Wintergirls. She did WFMAD last summer as well and I wrote every day except twice and they were on Sundays. The Sabbath […]