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More Essential Than Air
One of the most interesting things about my ongoing health and wellness journey is that without realizing it, I stopped using coffee and tea. That’s right. No caffeine. A few months ago this would have seemed laughable, if not downright … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food, My Life
Tagged Autism, Caffeine, Change, Coffee, Expectations, Food, Single Parent, Tea, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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Story Included In Another Chicken Soup for the Soul Publication
Somehow I managed to forget — probably because of everything that’s been going on in my life — that my story, “The Little Matchmaker,” will be published by the folks at Chicken Soup for the Soul later this month. The … Continue reading
Posted in My Life, News, Publications
Tagged Autism, Dating, Single Parent, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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Positive Changes
As part of my bucket list for the second half of my 49th year, I wanted to focus on my health. This was shorthand for eating better (i.e., less junk food and more whole foods), losing weight, and exercising on … Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged Dating, Exercise, Health, IsaBody Challenge, IsaGenix, Single Parent, Unplanned Life, Weight Loss, Yoga
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Rocking My World
So yes, I met a guy—a smart, sexy, sweet man who, for lack of better words, rocks my world. He turned everything upside down the moment I met him, and he continues to do so on a regular basis. After … Continue reading
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Tagged Change, Dating, Family, Food, Gratitude, Holidays, Single Parent, Unplanned Life
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A Little Risk Is Good
For almost three years I plugged away at online dating, with minimal success. To my mother’s surprise, I met a lot of forty-something men who were willing to go out with me. Despite my law degree (an apparent turn-off for … Continue reading
A Leap of Faith
I’ve been online dating—or perhaps what could be more accurately described as attempting to online date—for a couple of years now. When I began to tentatively consider dating, back in 2010, my biggest fear was that I would meet (and … Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged Acceptance, Addiction, Adoption, Catfish (the movie), Dating, Divorce, Faith, Gratitude, Loss, Mental Illness, Mood Disorders, Open Adoption, PTSD, Single Parent, Unplanned Life
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The Story of a Name
Several people have asked how I arrived at Katie’s name. The short answer is I’ve always loved the name Katie, as well as Kate. You can do a lot with a name like Kathryn, and I like that versatility. I … Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged Adoption, Divorce, Infertility, Open Adoption, Single Parent, Unplanned Life
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A Decade of Change
Maybe it’s because I recently attended my high school reunion, but I’ve been thinking a lot about where I want to be next year when I turn 50. It seems impossible. How could I actually be 50? I find it … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoption, Change, Divorce, Milestones, Single Parent, Unplanned Life
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What Happened to August?
Sometimes I find that as a special needs parent I focus so much on what needs to be done in the future, that I often lose track of how far we’ve come. I was given a little reminder this past … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life
Tagged Autism, Milestones, Progress, Single Parent, Special Needs, Summer School, Unplanned Life
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The Sweet Life
Apparently between my posts on inclusion, the one on stealth grief, the sixth and final installment of the insensitive autism comments, plus the post on how sometimes shit just happens, I have inadvertently given people the idea that I’m in … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life
Tagged Acceptance, Autism, Change, Divorce, Gratitude, Loss, Single Parent, Sorrow, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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