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“Today’s goal: Remind yourself that you are not betraying your grief by feeling joy. You are not being graded, and you do not receive extra credit for being miserable 100% of the time. Find pockets of relief, even happiness, when and where you can. Keep moving.” Maggie Smith via Twitter @maggiesm...
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Events like Friday night's interview always makes me reflective. I look at my life in chunks because it feels sometimes like there is no continuity anymore. In my last blog post I referred to BAD and AAD, before Andrew died and after Andrew died, as a measure of time. Before, life was a whirlwind. I...
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Our concept of time changes throughout our life. When we are children, the summers are endless and a 30 minute drive felt as if it would last forever. One of Andrew’s famous lines was, “This is taking for a long time!”, even if it was a short trip. As we get older, time seems to fly; the days are lo...
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Never in a million years would I have envisioned myself as a public speaker, advocate or writer and yet somehow, it is all coming to me fairly easily. The intention of this blog and website is to compile the information that I amass, with the advocacy work that I do, and to continue my awareness ...
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