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Everything Emily
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Origin Story
**Disclaimer: Prepare for an overload of Marvel references in this one. Sorry about that. I got a smidge carried away. Let’s just call it an extended metaphor, shall we? I am no superhero, but I am a hero to someone. With my one-year transplant-aversary coming up in the next few days, I am continuing to…
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I don’t have Syphilis and other things I’ve learned about myself…
I am, without a doubt, the kind of person who turns up the radio in my car to drown out any noise it may be making. This same level of ‘if I can’t hear it or see it,’ often applies to my physical health as well. However, when you decide to volunteer to become a…
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Six months ago
On Thursday, February 18, I awoke at 4 AM to take a shower and use the antibacterial soap one last time. My husband and I got into the car for the 30 minute or so drive to the hospital, leaving my two older children still sound asleep (the youngest had been taken to a former…
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Tales of Winter–part 1
On a cold, snowy morning in the winter of 1979 or ’80, still dressed in my warm, flannel nightgown, I heard a loud squawking clearly coming from INSIDE my home. A bird, most likely a robin, had somehow come down the chimney and gotten stuck on the closed flue.
Everything Emily 