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1. My child plays no sports. band geek FTW!! I am definitely not a sportswoman. I was born before the push for girls in sports. I claim (I think I read it somewhere?) it’s all because when there’s dyslexia in a family the non-dyslexic sibling will have poor athletic prowess. The bottom line is I’m not  traditionally athletic. I’ve discovered through trial & error, however, I enjoy moving my body and lifting heavy things/setting em back down. Most days the “heavy thing” I end up lifting is my body and I’m more than content with this fact. I think that was the reason I never...
2. Charming the Therapy Doodle.  I’m training to be a what?! A long time ago in a land far away, a Goldendoodle name Charming entered our lives. He was a recovery-canine of sorts for the Child (after a rescue effort gone awry) and the two quickly became inseparable. yep , we did the stroller to avoid Parvo. They played together.  She hauled him all over California. He became her ever-present sidekick. He was unflaggingly loving, gentle and, well, muppet-like and became fast-friends with everyone he encountered. Why hello! I’m Charming. Right around this time the Child encountered bumps in learning to read.  Nothing major,...
3. National study to test unborn babies for type 1 diabetes A University of Adelaide-led study will become the first in the world to test unborn babies for type 1 diabetes after receiving an $8 million funding injection....
4. A New Medicare Proposal Would Cover Training for Family Caregivers Even with extensive caregiving experience, Patti LaFleur was unprepared for the crisis that hit in......
5. Today is about changing perspective. Sure, if you reside in the USA it’s also Memorial Day, but I’m seizing today to shift some thoughts which no longer serve me. I’m taking today (to pause and remember those who have died in service of our country and) to make time for something I’d professed to be too busy for and which I need to make a priority. Today is about changing perspective literally in hopes it changes my perspective metaphorically. It’s as the inimitable Wayne Dyer says: If we shift/tweak the way we view things in our lives, the things we are viewing change. The post...