Today Aly and I got to spend our afternoon helping out at the boys school. It was fun helping with pizza lunch and then doing a few odd jobs around the school. It was also nice chatting with some of the staff and parents. I am thankful for the time and opportunity to spend helping […]
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Mar 05
Thank you. #143
I am thankful for health. Nate has been sick with a fever and sore throat for the last 5 days and on antibiotics for 3 of them. I was starting to worry that his fever wasn’t going even with being on antibiotics but today he woke up feeling great and (90%) back to his old […]
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Thank you. #142
I am thankful for a short wait. Today I took Nate for a follow up visit at the walk-in clinic. Normally I find the wait at the walk-in clinic to be 1-2 hours. Thankfully today’s wait was only about 45 seconds. I didn’t even get to sit down in the wait room before they called […]
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Thank you. # 141
I am thankful for Nate cuddles. Nate has been sick for a few days. He is always very cuddley but when he is sick all he wants is to cuddle. He has this way of cuddling with his whole body. It almost feels like he is trying to fuse himself into you to become one […]
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Thank you. #137
I am thankful to not be alone. As I posted in another post Nate is a member of the rare disease club. This could be a very lonely place to be as a child and the parent of a rare disease child but thanks to technology we have been able to connect with a lot […]
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I care about someone RARE.
Tomorrow February 28th is a special day to me. It is Rare Disease Day. As a mom who almost lost a child to a rare disease this day touches a special place in my heart. Please help me in celebrating the day by wearing jeans tomorrow and by becoming Aware of something Rare then […]
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Thank you. # 129
I am for story time. Tonight Nate read me a story. This is a challenge for him but one he happily took on and one that his brother allowed him to do with out interrupting. I love see my kids grow up and to see how grown up and independent they are. I am thankful […]
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Squishy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies – Recipe
So Aly Nate and I decided to bake some cookies today. We started gathering ingredients and I realized I was missing a few like eggs and baking powder so we decided to make a few adjustments along the way. In the end we were very pleased with our cookies. Here is our recipe. Ingredients. That […]
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Dec 29
Thank you. #77
I am thankful for the chance to spend a day viewing the world through the eyes of my children. Today we took the kids to the Ontario Science Center. It is one of the boys favorite places to go. We have taken the boys at 10 plus times (they are 7 and 6 years old) […]
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