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My Story

Posted on September 1, 2019

Backstory to what you’re about to read: Regular readers of this blog know I was born with Spina Bifida. I wrote this after I came back from my first Spina Bifida conference in 2003. Before that, I had never even … Continue reading →

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My Friend Tom

Posted on April 1, 2019

Tom was the first adult who had Spina Bifida (like me) that I had ever met. It took 27 years and a trip to the national conference for me to meet the person who was at that time the president … Continue reading →

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Together Again…

Posted on January 31, 2019

My grandparents came to this country right around the same time my family and I did. 1976. While I was growing up, my family lived 2 blocks away from them. I saw them all the time. And every time I … Continue reading →

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