It’s a sincere question, truly. No censure or shaming here. I ask because…well…it’s a tough thing for me to do. I never gave myself the…
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Author: Katie Bauer
Katie was born and raised in Texas, although she has lived in various places across the U.S. She is a U.S. Navy Veteran, former teacher, attorney, and author. She recently moved to Maine with her daughter and loves it (and her daughter) with all her heart.
On the day we went to the E.R., he could only keep breathing by standing and bending over, rocking back and forth to manually keep his diaphragm working just enough to move oxygen into his lungs and keep his body going. Picture using your body to manually operate your lungs much like a blacksmith uses bellows to deliver oxygen to his fire. But we knew it wouldn’t be enough. He wouldn’t be able to sustain it for long.
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It’s funny how “time” plays such a surrealistic role in the perception of our human experiences. We’d only been gone for eight months…yet it felt like it could have been eight years.
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No one ever says, “When I grow up, I want to be a caregiver…”
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“…sometimes, it takes being covered in something new…to reveal what you always thought was ordinary…is actually something extraordinary after all.”
2 CommentsThis quote jumped out at me yesterday when I was going through my email. It was part of a message meant to inspire fortitude and…
2 CommentsA little over six years ago, my husband and I sat and listened as the neurologist uttered those fateful three letters – A.L.S. and our…
4 CommentsThis is a hard one, y’all. A lot of us have a problem with this particular aspect of life. There are SO MANY things we…
Leave a CommentThe best thing about being a kid is that part where you really don’t know nothin’ about what’s up. My dad was former military. He…
Leave a CommentShe never says so. She’s never once said (to me), “I wish my dad was here.” She’s never said, “You’re failing me, and I need…
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