By Jennifer Lovy
My husband doesn’t typically call in the middle of the day. But then again, Jon has never had an hour-and-a-half lunch break. Lunch for him is five minutes here and there between seeing patients. But last week was different. He…
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The other day I ran into an old acquaintance. We met when our kids were in a parent-toddler music class together. The last time we had seen each other was when our children were in preschool. They were adorable toddlers,…
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So here is a one-question survey for all the parents out there. How many times a day have you heard your kids say: “I’m telling mom (or dad)”? We hear that a lot here. That, and “Are you going to…
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Go to the gym… eat healthier… turn off the smart phone at dinner… spend more time with family… It’s that time of year when we take the opportunity to wipe our slate clean by making, and hopefully keeping, New Year’s…
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Evan goes through phases where he likes to do the same things over and over again. Sometimes it’s theater and he sets up chairs and he puts on plays in the basement. Sometimes it art. Recently he put his artistic…
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The days, weeks and months following Evan’s autism diagnosis were a blur. Nothing about our lives was different except that one day he was Evan and the next day he was Evan with autism. But with that diagnosis – the…
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Evan recently celebrated his birthday at an indoor trampoline park with a small group of friends – six to be exact. It was really nice to see my son surrounded by six kids who he cared about and who cared about him enough…
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If you knew my neighbors in the white house, you could ask them about the Halloween when a kid dressed as a construction barrel waltzed through their front door, refused a handful of Tootsie Rolls, and demanded to know where…
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I’m a relatively quiet person, but after Evan was born, I became an advocate in ways I could never have imagined. I’ve advocated for his bus drivers, his teachers, his school social worker, his friends and their families and most…
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