Monthly Archives: May 2010

Friday Photo Fun

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Julia Roberts

I love her. And Quinn is awesome, too. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the … Continue reading →

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What's in My Head

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Julia Roberts

I have a lot of writing to do. I need to be writing ONE thing a day to keep up and so that is what I am doing. I actually wrote TWO items today, so I am ahead double, right? … Continue reading →

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Friday Photo Fun

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Tonight we played pictionary at the local eatery on the paper tablecloth where Quinn drew a picture of a hospital monitor complete with the heartbeat line going up and down and a plug into the wall. Gage guessed it. This … Continue reading →

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Spoken in the Mutant Family Household, The Written Word

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Julia Roberts

A friend of mine is a rep for gift stores and the merchandise she sells to them includes greeting cards. For many years I’ve had a big box of greeting cards that I use and in an interest to clean … Continue reading →

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The Unknown Goal

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Julia Roberts

I just attended Quinn’s awards ceremony for the end of 2nd grade. I started crying. I was so grateful that she was alive and thriving after her kidney transplant that I was overcome with emotion. I thought about Cheryl and … Continue reading →

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Spoken in the Mutant Family Household

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Quinn, showing me her yearbook: “See her? I know her.” Me: “Do you know her from your other school?” Quinn: “No, just from our school. She has special needs.” Me: “Quinn, honey, you know you have special needs, right?” Quinn … Continue reading →

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Friday Photo Fun

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Yeah, sometimes I’m that happy. Today is one of those days. Things are going very well over at the new site and while no one is as excited and Dawn and I are, it’s all good. I mean, come on … Continue reading →

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Uncontrollable

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Tonight at dinner Gage was telling us a story* he thought was funny. Throughout the story he was laughing so hard tears were coming out of the corners of his eyes. No sound came out of his mouth in between … Continue reading →

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Stretching

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Several months ago Dawn approached me with an idea about how we could reach special needs parents on a social networking site. An business plan took flight and we began to see how it could work. A few months later … Continue reading →

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Lifelong

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Julia Roberts

Gage’s little hospital stay was a reminder of things to come. It was a reminder of more things to come for him and for Quinn. When we were admitted the resident greeted us with a smile and asked for a … Continue reading →

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