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Stop, Drop and Chill: A Once-Frantic Homeschooler’s Plea
Even healthy busy bee homeschoolers must learn to chill as if our lives depend upon it. January is dedicated to thyroid awareness. This is my post in support of that effort. Believe it or not, the...
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{Blog Hop} The Most Important Type of Self-Care for Parents
Selfie subtext: the happiest kind of parent is a healthy one. This blog post is part of the Gifted Homeschoolers Forum Blog Hop for September 2013. This month’s theme is “Sleep and Other Forms of...
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{Graves’ Lessons} Only Connect
This has been a most curious weekend at the end of a most arduous year. A year ago this month I could have left this world thanks to thyroid storm, a potentially fatal health condition. In this year,...
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{Graves’ Lessons} The Net
Currently, I’m working my way through a series of posts related to lessons learned from my Graves’ Disease. It’s my therapy. The first one is here. Last autumn, when I finally admitted that I was...
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{Graves’ Lessons} Surrender
This is the fourth lesson that I’ve learned from Graves’ disease. This post will make the most sense if you read last week’s post first. Years ago a friend and I studied “contemplative prayer”...
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{Graves’ Lessons} How I Celebrated My Remission
January is Thyroid Awareness Month, and this installment of my series on Graves’ disease is shared in support of the awareness campaign. The initiative is sponsored by The American Association of...
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{Graves’ Lessons} How I Went to London and Came Back “Celiac”
Pastries in London. Sigh. January is Thyroid Awareness Month, and this installment of my series on Graves’ disease is shared in support of the awareness campaign. The initiative is sponsored by The...
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Dancing on My Own Graves’
One of my favorite haunts in Hampstead, London. I come from a long line of dead people. Don’t we all? There’s a serious lesson in that silly opening line. It’s one that I only came to fully appreciate...
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{Graves’ Lessons} It’s Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month. And I Feel...
My 75-year-old mother, who suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis, made this for me with her own hands. It’s March. It’s also Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month. (Thanks AARDA.) And me? I’ve had a...
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[Graves’ Lessons] Advice for a New Graves’ Disease Patient from Someone in...
Per my doctor, my Graves’ disease is in remission. I’ve know this for a week or two and honestly it feels a little odd to write it here. From diagnosis through meds to “remission,” it’s been a journey...
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