The other day when I went to pick my daughters up from swim practice, my 10 year old was perched on the edge of the pool while her friends were still swimming. I asked her coach what was up and she told me my daughter was complaining that her ear hurt. This was coming from [...]

Posted on March 26th, 2009 by Char
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My good friend (and fellow Mom) is convinced my family has some sort of radar or way of conveniently getting sick, having a crisis, or needing me whenever I have something for “me” planned. I had scheduled today to be my errand running day and the chance to have lunch with a friend (funny, the [...]

Posted on December 5th, 2008 by Char
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The other day I noticed a dark red patch on my daughter’s face – it looked like she had been slapped in the face – even though I know she hadn’t. At first I thought I had missed a spot when applying her sunscreen, but as the week went on the redness became splotchier and [...]

Posted on June 8th, 2008 by Char
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