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The Eye of the Beholder

One of the problems with being human is that we don't always see eye to eye. In the process of living life, we forget that we're not living in isolation and tha...

The Invisibility from Disability

A lot of my time in the past couple of years has been devoted to quiet contemplation. I've always enjoyed solitude and having time to just think and ponder, but...

Good Grief - Learning About The Stages of Grief

Following from my introductory post about grief and how I’ve experienced it over the past couple of years now, I’d like to have a quick look at the stages of gr...

Good Grief - An Introduction

I've read about grief and have always counted my blessings at having never experienced it in its truest form. I can't even really recall knowing anyone who has ...

Life's Crucible

A few weeks ago my daughter came home from school with a worksheet that contained basic shapes such as a circle, rectangle, square and other shapes that were ag...

10,372 - Part Three

This is the third post in this series, please read the first two posts before continuing. You can find Part One here: 10,372 - Part One, and Part Two here: 10,3...

10, 372 - Part Two

This is the second post in this series, please read the first post before continuing. You can find it here: 10,372 - Part One. Our frustrations continued to mou...

10,372 - Part One

I wrote a post a short time ago titled What is DMD in which I explained, as best I could, a little about the DMD diagnosis process and what it's like living wit...

What is DMD?

This may not be a traditional education post, however, it is educational in nature, so I hope it's okay to put it in this community. In fact, I hope that this p...

A Dad Will Do Anything - My Introduction

Hi everyone, my name is Steve, but here I'll refer to myself as d-a-d, which is an acronym for Dad Against Duchenne. Eighteen months ago my son was diagnosed wi...