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Everyone wants a picture-perfect Hallmark movie Christmas, right? The house decorated inside and out, ready to win the neighborhood light-display prize. Right?But what we conveniently forget are the parts of the movie where the main couple has a dramatic breakup, or Grandma gets rushed to the hospital because she’s winded and everyone fears her heart…
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We didn’t just grow up together; we were in sync. Our thoughts, our games, even the way we moved through the day—it all felt like a chorus.
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Dear Friend, You didn’t ask for this. None of us did. But here you are—with a diagnosis that changes everything and nothing at once. And you told me. That matters more than I can say. I know how hard that moment can be—the words sticking in your throat, the fear of how it might land.…
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Her absence is so deafening to me. It’s unbearable at times. There are no sounds of her sighing in her sleep, and shaking her head so that her ears make a flapping sound. No sound of her little feet creaking the wooden floor as she walked up and down the hallways. No clickety-clack of the…
I have Parkinson's. Parkinson's doesn't have me! 