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23 Sep
2011

Within minutes of each other, I had a kindergartener and a fourth grader whisked off to school. And one screaming

25 Apr
2011

“So…how do you turn the autism radar off?” This was a question I asked some of my autism mom friends

1 Apr
2011

This week, an amazing thing happened. On Sunday, a few moms and dads got together, used the power of their

28 Feb
2011

Memo To: Home and Garden TV (or Oprah, DIY TV, ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC or any other TV channel) From:

8 Feb
2011

It was my birthday this week. I turned 39. It’s not a big big birthday. It’s kind of the birthday

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