Inhabiting the Place Between
Posted: March 17, 2013 Filed under: medical stuff | Tags: Down syndrome, Health, medical intervention, Polysomnography, science, Sleep apnea, Sleep disorder 6 CommentsThis post is mostly about medical stuff, but let me start by writing about a toy fast that is currently taking place in our home. I read another blogger and her own toy fast, and, whoooee, it really appealed to me. She described exactly what happens in our house. The Taters come downstairs, then immediately do something that she describes as the “dump and scatter”. Between Mouse and Chipmunk, it takes about ten minutes flat to spread every toy known to man around our small house. Puzzle pieces become chocolate chips, coasters get stuffed into a bag, never to be seen again, blocks get dumped out but never used, it is a hot mess. Read the rest of this entry »
Papa Bear
Posted: March 15, 2013 Filed under: emotional stuff, From the Daddy Desk, parenting, the husband | Tags: Adam West, Bruce Lee, Down syndrome, fatherhood, parenthood 2 CommentsCall me Latke.
I have never kicked anyone’s ass, nor has anyone ever kicked mine. I made it all the way through childhood without ever being involved in a beat down. As a man, some will applaud me for this; others will take pity. I can’t deny that I’m glad to have never had my ass handed to me, but I admit there’s a small part of me that wonders what it’s like to be part of that club.
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Rainbows and Unicorns, Surfing, My Baby.
Posted: March 13, 2013 Filed under: emotional stuff, personal growth | Tags: Down syndrome, Family, Health, Motherhood, Parenting 18 CommentsThe roller coaster has been strong lately. I’m on an every other day cycle. One day I’m pretty happy, LP seems to be doing well, I’m thinking about the days when I was so sad, past tense. I call that a rainbows-and-unicorn day.
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