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Cycle 3, updated PTSD research

Holy shit. It has been a while since I read my blog. I am back in it so I can learn from the past PTSD cycles and thank you past self,...

It’s back, cycle 3

Going on four. Four days. Day one was really dark. Just the understanding that there will be a day two, three, four, five…was enough to...

I welcome the sit

Note: everyone is healthy!!!! Everyone. Steve got elective surgery for acid reflux. He has more sexy battle wounds.  Written: Friday,...

Ukraine

We have all been so challenged as parents these last years. Having to explain things that we never thought we would have. We explained to...

Mentorship opportunity

Dear friends of MYX, At MYX, experience is everything. It’s what we do best. A MYX education is more than credentials, our students get...

Last one standing

She was the last one standing. I wonder what that is like being last. I don’t think any of us envision being the last one standing....

Delayed

He was getting annoyed, I could tell. His gaze following me across the room as I place the third meal of the night in front of Jacob. Yes...

The wish

It’s been two years of attempting to get this secret. It has taken a soft persistence and, yes, a bit of manipulation, but I did it. I...

No normal allowed in this house

ONE DAY. That is all the normalcy this family can get? ONE DAY?! The boys have been exposed to Covid, a real close exposure. We are now...

Words!

The best gift is the gift of words. Especially words you have been looking for. The proof. The evidence that someone else literally...

Disorientation Speech

Opening speech to the MYX students. Recording to remember it. I call it the disorientation speech, as at MYX we have issue with the term...

Tonight I sleep

I made a pact. A deal. It was a serious one. And today I can say with absolute certainty that I’ve done my part and God you’ve done...

For Ever

I had a run in with a princess. A 6 year old with the stride of a fairy. The stride that bounces through the land as if gravity does not...

I got called out

I got called out. “Shouldn’t you of all people understand?!” says Steve. I should…. but yet I didn’t. Instead I push. I get angry. I get...

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