My therapist said I could teach a class in dealing with chronic pain. That is a compliment and far from anything to be embarrassed about. O...
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Navigating This Pandemic ‘New Normal’ When Your Child Has a Rare Disease #rwanda #RwOT #KohLanta
The other night I participated in a (virtual) meeting where I realized that my daughter is considered a “low-incidence student.†It is ...
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What I Don't Say About My Depression #rwanda #RwOT #izmir
1. I am tired. All the time . Not the tired like you haven’t slept all night. It’s the tired that is world-weary. Sometimes I feel lik...
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Why I'm Excited to See a Barbie Doll With Vitiligo #rwanda #RwOT #XF2020
They now make a Barbie Doll with vitiligo . A model with vitiligo walked the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2018. You can even add vi...
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What It's Like in the Void of Depression #rwanda #RwOT #SalarioRosa
It’s just you and that wall; you are staring at that God damn wall. And you don’t know why you’re staring at that wall. Maybe you’...
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Teaching My Son on the Autism Spectrum to Manage Money #rwanda #RwOT MAMA's Fan Choice Awards
About two years ago, Dominic’s private speech therapist starting teaching him the process of when you do chores, you get an allowance. Yo...
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Moving From COVID Chaos to Mindful Delight While Parenting Kids With Disabilities #rwanda #RwOT MAMA's Fan Choice Awards
In the last two years, we found out that our younger son Alex had a stroke , and our older son Benji has autism. We have learned to juggle ...
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I'm Not Free From My Eating Disorder Yet. Here's Why That's OK. #rwanda #RwOT #macron20h
I took this picture with the intention of captioning it something like, “#f***youanorexia #lookatmeeatingdessert†in an attempt to demo...
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When I Was Given a List of 'Nevers' After My Child's Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Diagnosis #rwanda #RwOT #XSXFridgeSweeps
Three years ago today the trajectory of our lives changed forever. We had been waiting for weeks to hear back from the genetics team at Ch...
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Scientists Warn Americans Are Expecting Too Much From a COVID-19 Vaccine #rwanda #RwOT #confinementSaison2
By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News and JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News The White House and many Americans have pinned their hopes for defe...
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The Ups and Downs of Writing About My Mental Health #rwanda #RwOT Miles Taylor
“And I feel like I’m naked in front of the crowd ‘Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud And I know that you’ll use t...
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What My Dog Taught Me About Overcoming Anxiety #rwanda #RwOT #DefendaoSUS
Three years ago, I decided I was ready to get a dog. I prepared for months, researched and finally put a deposit down on my new furry famil...
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How Spending Time Alone Helped My Depression #rwanda #RwOT #DefendaoSUS
Five years ago, I never in my wildest imagination thought I would be where I am now. To me, “where I am now†primarily refers to the de...
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What Writing Lists Means to Me as Someone With OCD #rwanda #RwOT #TheBachelorette
The first notebook I remember writing in wasn’t technically a notebook, but a pink Barbie diary where I listed the names of my family and...
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What a Tiny Tree Frog Taught Me About Coping With Adversity #rwanda #RwOT Real Madrid
I was driving the other night and seemingly out of nowhere, a tree frog jumped on my windshield as I was going about 30 mph heading towards...
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The 2-Word Response I Get When People Find Out My Child Is Terminally Ill #rwanda #RwOT Randy Arozarena
When people find out I am a parent of a terminally ill child, I typically get two different responses. The most common response I get is t...
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How My Adult Life With a Rare Condition Affects My Relationships #rwanda #RwOT Real Madrid
Several years ago, I had my first surgery as an adult where I had to make the tough decision of whether or not to undergo the procedure. As...
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