Tag: meaning and purpose
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I Didn’t Read Any Autism Books After My Diagnosis: What I Reached for Instead
After my late autism diagnosis, I didn’t reach for autism books. I returned to books from my palliative care career, about meaning and how to survive loss. The words hadn’t changed. I had.
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When Your Neurodivergent Child Asks About Death: What I Said, and What I Didn’t
My young son asked what happens when I die. A reflection on how to answer the hard questions when you’re raising a deeply sensitive neurodivergent child.
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The Circle of Life: On the Things I Can’t Hold for My Children
My son asked why life takes back the things it loves. What palliative care taught me, and what I am still learning as his mother: I am not in control of the circle.
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A Legacy Left Unwritten: What Palliative Care Taught Me About Parenting and Purpose
I met a dying mother of two young boys when I was pregnant with my first. Her story changed how I think about legacy, parenting, and what truly matters.
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When Doing Our Best Doesn’t Feel Like Enough: Lessons from Palliative Care and Parenting
As an OT in palliative care, I met a wife whose husband had brain cancer. She changed how I see parenting. On doing your best even when it doesn’t feel enough.