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  • The Time Is Now

    Tomorrow morning, everything changes. After years of living in a body that has held me back more than it’s carried me forward, I’m finally having my hip replacement surgery. Saying that out loud still feels…

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  • Changing Shape

    If someone looked only at the statistics of my life, they might summarize it with a short sentence: three marriages, three divorces. Numbers are tidy that way. They flatten years of love, struggle, growth, and…

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  • You Never Really Know

    I almost never accept friend requests on Snapchat from strangers, but I use it regularly because my closest friends and I have very long snap streaks, and it’s just fun! Occasionally I’ll accept a friend…

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  • New Lungs, New Life

    In early 2016, two neighbor ladies showed up at my door because their son was friends with one of my kids. I had no idea that within just a couple of months, one of those…

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  • A Small Victory!

    Today I gained a small victory. I call it small, but honestly, it feels huge to me — and for Felix. For the first time, Felix let me cut his hair with no tears. When…

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