My son has Tourettes Syndrome.

This past week my son turned 4. He was also officially diagnosed with Tourettes. Why am I choosing to write about this so publicly? I think the main reason I do it is to protect my son. I feel that by making those I know aware of his Tourettes, it protects him from any embarrassment or misunderstandings. He has "Tics" that he does, that he NEEDS to do. Its like when you have an itch, and you can't...

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The Ladies of Thursday

Ever since I was little, the "Ladies of Thursday" would meet in the Johnson-Shaner room at the United Methodist Church in my hometown. These ladies would meet every Thursday morning until 2pm and I would play with the toys in the toy cupboard while they worked on quilts, flower arrangements, paintings, knitting, and any other craft they had brought with them to work on. My brother would bring his...

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Letters from War

Jason and I were married on Aug 22nd, 2009. 2 months after we were married, Jason and his infantry unit in the Marine Corps deployed to Afghanistan for a 9 month deployment. On the night before Jason deployed, I found out I was pregnant. I remember coming out of the bathroom in our hotel room at the Best Western, and just stared at Jason laying on the bed. He was leaving the next morning, and he...

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