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Talking with Children about Upsetting News Events

January 14, 2010

The earthquake in Haiti is devastating. Potentially, thousands of people have been killed. The images being published on the internet are startling, horrifying, and graphic. We as adults have developed ways to process these traumatic events over time and through our adulthood. But what about the kids? Most kids don’t have those coping mechanisms just [...]

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Faith

June 16, 2009

When we walked into that meeting last week, we were prepared; we were prepared to do whatever it took to get our children what they needed in order to succeed in life.  And while it’s always good to prepare, be prepared, and execute with vengeance, sometimes all you need is a little faith. We were [...]

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My Turn to Fight

June 11, 2009

Our girls were born emergently three months early and spent 93 days in the NICU initially clinging to life.  It was the most harrowingly difficult time in our lives. But they made it and were discharged on Christmas Eve, 2006.  To say they are fighters is an understatement.  And while they fought for their lives during [...]

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