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If you have recently looked up a recipe on the internet at any point in the last five years or so, you will notice that you have to scroll down

After the debacle on Tuesday, we have been finding the moments of happiness by looking for light in the darkness...the last 24 hours have brought new sedation medications that have

I like being right. A lot.  However, being right sometimes comes with a high price tag, as I found out yesterday. Here's the scene: In preparation for Giacomo's surgery, I

Still looking for answers... Over ten years ago, I first walked into the craniofacial and cleft palate clinic at the Univerisity of Minnesota, with my dear, sweet boy,

In our household, we have a problem with excessive laughter at the dinner table (hence the “Laugh” sign over the table.) While this might not actually seem like a problem

At our nightly bedtime check-in of the "Best and Worst of the Day," I was not surprised that a couple of the kids cited the best part of their day

Without a doubt, there are many challenges to having a child who has a much younger emotional intelligence than their chronological age. However, it also means that every once in

Those that know me, know that I have a habit of having multiple beverages going at any given moment, and today was no exception. This morning I had: -Throat Coat

Resalire. It means "to spring back" and is the Latin root of the word "resilience." It is the foundation of My-Vida. Resalire. It is the crux of what is necessary

Without prompting, suggestion, or knowledge that anyone was watching, he wrote this in the sand—“My-Vida”—as he felt the warmth of the sun on his cheek, the earth underneath him supporting

Earlier today, I was many thousands of feet above the ocean below me, a couple of hours away from arriving in what I can only imagine will feel like paradise—a