whether I want to be or not
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how's things (now)?It’s been a few months since I’ve checked in and I thought it high time to do so. Since we last chatted on the initial “how’s things” discussion…
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our experience with misdiagnosis & PANDAS
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I was at a bereavement group meeting a few days ago with a group of other parents whose children have died. What can one say about such a group? It’s a…
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For ten years I lived with the symptoms of Lyme. Lest you think that was a passive experience, allow me to share with you what we threw tens of…
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the loyalty of griefWatch now (2 min) | Grief Sometimes the passage of time is not the balm they assure us it will be. My daughter. My daughter. My daughter. Flesh from my…
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the anti-vaxxersListen now (26 min) | “I didn’t get the Covid shot, but I’m not an anti-vaxxer.” The proclamation with the caveat, the qualification, the exception. In…
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Note from Tara: I’m going to do something a little different today. I hope that’s okay. I was going through my writing when I found this piece. It’s a…
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I took some time away from writing last week. Usually, writing helps me to figure out what’s going on, but even my loyal friends - paper and ink, were…
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I wrote this essay months ago, never intending to share it. I decided to share it after all. It’s 0342hrs. I gave up on sleep a good while ago now. I’m…
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sacrosanct sudsListen now (21 min) | It was many years ago now that I found myself standing in a dingy corner of a laundromat, toe-to-toe with a raging woman, steeling…
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or is it the beginning?
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