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What I Learned at Lollapalooza
Yesterday, I took Tim to his first concert. I chose Day Three of Lollapalooza for a few reasons: It’s outdoors It has lots of different things to do other than watch bands, and lots of space to do them in The headliner was a band we both wanted to see I was fearful, I admit…
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Growing In To It
Two years, three months, and 11 days ago, we sent our son away. We didn’t want to, and we did. It had been 11 years since Tim’s first diagnosis. Over those years there were 12 hospitalizations, 27 different med combinations, seven therapeutic day schools, one suicide attempt, six broken doors, nine different doctors, and a…
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Meds, Realizations, and Growing Up
You can also read this post on the CABF website. I spent part of last week at the NAMI Conference in Chicago. It was a phenomenal three days where I learned a great deal, met some amazing people, and enjoyed playing tourist in my hometown. On the opening day after the keynote speech, I was…
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Alone in a Crowd
Image by OpenEye It’s been a long time since I’ve taken the train downtown with any regularity, but my job responsibilities changed about two months ago and now I take the train to Chicago twice a week. Taking the train makes for a different sort of day than I have when I commute by car to…