Something To Sink Your Teeth Into
It’s been more than a year and a half since I began Noah’s Road in the dim light of Noah’s hospital room in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. I still remember sitting on the burgundy vinyl pull-out...
View ArticleHere Comes The Terrible Two
Every day I think about writing a blog. And every day, instead, I: change five poopie diapers; chase Noah from one end of the house to the next, telling him not to bite the cat, knock down a lamp, or...
View ArticleWithout a Map
My heart has been heavy today. In fact, in the midst of a meeting at work this morning I broke into an embarrassing sob fest. The more I tried to hold it in, the more the tears overwhelmed me. The only...
View ArticleDefined By Mom
I try not to let the fact that Noah was shaken define me, but it’s tough. I blog about it. I write about it. I advocate against it and welcome other parents facing this same nightmare into my life. I...
View ArticleThe Milk Bottle Controversy
When I welcomed Emily Bazelon into my home in early November, I trusted her. I let her see and interact with Noah – who I now know has sometimes “vacant” eyes – and I shared with her all the heartache...
View ArticleMeasuring the Joy
Let me be perfectly frank: I thought for months that I could give up this blog and never miss it. After the New York Times disaster, the cruel emails and comments, the question of guilt versus...
View ArticleNew Roads to Travel
It’s hard to imagine I have only posted a handful of times in the last year. Mike is always asking me when I will write another blog. “Soon,” I tell him, or “When I know what I want to say.” Mike has...
View ArticleWhirling Within the Shaken Baby Storm
We will always be in the midst of this Shaken Baby storm. We were tossed into the wind two and a half years ago. This storm that comes with Shaken Baby Syndrome – or abusive head trauma or being with...
View ArticleThe Road I Am Meant to Travel
Over the last several months I have made a conscious decision to post less and less on this blog. Though this blog has saved me in so many ways by providing me with an outlet for both my heartache and...
View ArticleThe Stay-at-Home Working Mom’s Dilemma
I find myself working so much more often than I do actually relishing in my children these days. Sure, you say, of course. Most moms do. The ironic fact is that I’m officially a stay-at-home mom, a...
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