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Pain is in the Eye of the Beholder…Part 2
(I apologize in advance for this post not being in my usual upbeat prose, but the topic is a serious one. Please feel free to click away…) I mentioned in Part 1 that 2 of my sons have a high pain...
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The Ups and Downs of Multiple Personality Disorder
Angel developed dissociative identity disorder during his early childhood. The abuse he endured was so horrific that when he was being abused, a separate personality was born so that he would not have...
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Raising 5 Kids With Disabilities and Remaining Sane
Raising 5 Kids With Disabilities and Remaining Sane BlogMy name is Lindsey Petersen and I am the proud mother of five wonderful, very interesting children. Four also happen to have disabilities, but...
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A kiss is a kiss is a kiss…
Showing my two youngest children, Angel and Marie, that l love them has always been a challenge. I can tell Angel I love him 100 times a day, but he will never believe me because he feels unlovable...
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The Apple Tree Message
Just so we don’t take life too casually and forget that Angel has dissociative identity disorder, every now and then something happens to snap us back into the realization that Angel has many “parts”,...
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I Have Raised My Children Right in The Most Important Area
I am sure that every parent questions how they have raised their children. I know I have. I have not been strict enough in making them eat all of their vegetables and clean their rooms, (mainly...
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I Won’t Wear That to Church Anymore
I’m just returning from church. I go to an inspiring, welcoming church, which I love! Everyone is friendly, and we make a special effort to include people with disabilities. We have pew cut-outs...
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Easter reminds me of the Easter Bunny and the Easter Bunny reminds me of Santa…
Easter. Ham. Easter Eggs. Jelly Beans. Marshmallow peeps. Chocolate Easter Bunnies, (see picture.) AND the EASTER BUNNY!! (Spoiler Alert: Do not let anyone under the age of 7? 9? 12? read any...
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Mother’s Day and Delayed Rewards
Mother’s Day is a wonderful time to appreciate moms, step-moms, birth moms, adoptive moms, wanna be moms and women who love children. Bless you for making a difference in a child’s life! Don’t you get...
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Let Them See You in Me
My youngest son, Angel, has not been the topic of much of my writing. For some reason, I shelter him and his Dissociative Identity Disorder. It is an insidious mental illness which developed because...
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The GPS is Set to Home
I don’t write much about my son, Angel, who has dissociative identity disorder. It seems to be such a sensationalized topic in the media that I don’t want to trot him out to add to the scrutiny. The...
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“If You Look for the Goodness in Your Children, Good Things Will Happen”
My dear friends and readers, Please excuse this commercial interruption of your regular reading. If you enjoy reading my blog, you will LOVE reading my book! The Apple Tree: Raising 5 Kids With...
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