I woke up multitasking Wednesday morning. While making the boys breakfast, I bounced back and forth between Facebook and my text messages. In that exact moment, The Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control was wrapping up their hearing on research and the potential medicinal benefits of cannabidiol. Our community was reacting online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYOcDouVkG4 If you … [Read more...] about The Hearing
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Our Lucky Sea Turtle Babies
Despite wearing a helmet, my son's face was injured when it fell into the table at our first epilepsy support group meeting. Beth was the first person to reassure me. She has a crew of boys and 2 of them are the same ages as my 2 boys. Her son with epilepsy is the same age as my boy with epilepsy, and their intractable seizure disorders presented very similarly. At the time our kids were both … [Read more...] about Our Lucky Sea Turtle Babies
By The Graces Of The Goddess
"Hello? Are you still there?" My phone has been dropping calls lately. The line remained flat until she came up for air with a shallow, pressured breath. She sobbed. My heart fell into the hard stone that was now my solar plexus. With a slow breath, I answered my own question, "I know, mama. I'm still here too." Still holding that line with you. The one that feels . . . so . . . thin . . . … [Read more...] about By The Graces Of The Goddess
Exploring hegemony with a “tiny little mother mind ™”
I like fancy words. I won’t remember how to say them right and feel silly when I use them, but I love it when other people do. They catch my attention and I always learn something extra. And when I was an anthropology student* there were a lot of fancy words to learn. Each quarter I began to notice that there was always one that would rise to the top, one word that every professor all seemed to t … [Read more...] about Exploring hegemony with a “tiny little mother mind ™”
