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Got A Box of Photos? Three things to evaluate first.

Did you get handed a box of family photos?  Not sure what to do with that box? I can help. Take a breath and let's consider setting the boundaries of the project before you. First, evaluate what you have. Do you have a precious few images, meticulously annotated with...
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My dad’s handwriting, and his laugh: why interviewing family matters.

Do your parents text you? They do? Then I was jealous of you: I imagine little notes, daily check-ins, a joke, sending them cute pictures of the kids all of the time.... Plus, no long calls, squeezing that flat cel phone between your shoulder and ear, getting your...
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What they don’t tell you about being a NICU mom

"He was in NICU for months; now he's perfect." I have told that story, and I shouldn't have. Click to tweet. I recently served on a hospital committee tasked with  building a tool for how to discuss pulling the plug, withholding life support, redirecting care....
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Perks of having atypical kids

My first kid came 16 weeks early.  I see your math-wheels turning, converting that into months.  Yep.  He spent 3 months in intensive care and 3 weeks in a transitional hospital.  He was about 6 months old when he first brought his hands to midline (the center of his...
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