Tag: parenting
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When You Feel Like You’re Drifting: The Quiet Sadness of Parenthood
There is a sadness that lingers in the pauses of parenting. On feeling lost, unseen, and learning to make room for yourself.
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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.
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The Moment It Clicked: Understanding My Gifted Child’s Meltdowns and Changing How I Parent
He could teach himself coding but melted down over a journal entry. The moment I understood my gifted child’s neurodivergence and changed everything.