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The slow road: against the wind (again)
I admit it. I went for a run. A few of them. The last time this occurred I had pledged to do an April 2013 half marathon. Ahhahahahagagaga. Right, right. With an attatched-to-me-24/7 infant? Cold...
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Monday morning money madness: be like a squirrel girl
I kinda hate the title of this post. And I kinda love it. All that alliteration…the nod to financial experts on cable that point at you and yell at you about financial matters…guh….I’m talking to you,...
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3 messages from Eli
The strangest thing happened today. Eli’s just 8 months old, yet he’s started to meme. Does your baby meme? Oh. Uh, well, every child develops differently, so don’t feel bad or anything. Here are 3...
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CF fat baby
Mark and I spend a lot of time feeding our two lil babies. Laila, 3, spurns food. Eli, 8 months — luckily for us — has a tum like a bottomless pit. That’s good, because he needs 900 to 1,000 calories a...
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A beautiful life
A friend of mine sent me a link to a blogger’s website. I was clicking around, admiring her peaceful and humorous style, when I found a tribute to her brother. Andy had CF. He died in 2002 at 25,...
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Head explosion prevention (little people 2)
As a mom, one of the best things you can do to keep your head from exploding, which would be unfortunate and messy, is to make friends with other moms. I joined a mom’s group I found online, with an...
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Butta baby
Our plan to fatten buddy boy with extra butter, lots of avocado and other foods appears to be working. gimme mo butta For the first time, he’s got a little gut! Cystic fibrosis kids with a BMI in the...
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9 months old
Eli is 9 months old today! He’s started to crawl and pull himself up…*just barely* on the standing up. That started just two days ago. He’s turning into a nice, rotund fat baby and continues to do...
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Old fat pants are the new skinny pants
A second child means old fat pants become your new skinny pants. This week, I fit into my old fat pants new skinny pants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve been toying with the same five pounds for about 3 months...
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Okla Home Grown Art for Eli
Artist Sean Vali happened to call the newsroom while I was working at night, when I answer the newsroom-wide phone line. We chatted about a story. And then I convinced him to donate art to benefit...
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Reader mailbag: 4 more tips to boost monthly savings
I’m dippin’ into the reader mailbag for today’s post. I have one of those? Why yes. Yes I do. In this day-late (but not a dollar short) post on savings and money, I wanted to share a few tips readers...
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Fat boy slim
We’re continuing to try to fatten buddy, and the effort is paying off. He had his appointment today with Dr. Royall at the Oklahoma City CF clinic. Now, and for the rest of his life, he’ll see his lung...
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Our purpose in 9 pictures
Please consider sharing this post via your social media channels. Any help spreading the word about Eli and his disease, cystic fibrosis, is much appreciated! Or, consider a donation to research that...
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Beauty, reality, Breath of Life
A gala? This worried me. First of all, I’m not a regular on the gala circuit slash I’ve never been to one. Secondly, the world of cystic fibrosis, my son’s disease, has been a hard one for me to...
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7 memes to believe in, plus 1 bikini shot
Before I get started, I wanted to make a request: Please pray/send good vibes and thoughts to my good friends Ann & Phil. They’re going through unexpected medical stuff (hate that stuff!) Ann &...
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Money: it’s murder
It’s money madness At work, I’ve put together a homicide spreadsheet with data on the 62 souls whose lives met violent ends this year in Oklahoma City. At home, I’ve made a spreadsheet documenting our...
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Stop action baby Eli on his vest
Just because, you know, stop action baby. Cuuuuuute. I took this a while back and just rediscovered it on my iPhone.
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Baby Eli doin’ stuff
It’s been a while since I gave a good update on buddy boy. My family went out of town for nearly two weeks in October. Mark took the kids up to Chicago on his school break. But, really, I got the...
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Love, grief, life, fight
I intended to write about money tonight. I’ve been trying to make that my Monday habit — writing about getting our financial life in order. Then Mark went out to watch the Bears game. I seized the...
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Denied: Fighting with insurance (1)
My friend, Pam, had warned me about this from the start. I have a child with cystic fibrosis, which means a lot of things. One of those things is this: I’m probably going to spend a lot of time...
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