Tag Archives: special needs

Adjusting

We’re adjusting right now.  After making our decisions regarding L.’s weight and the pediatrician’s recommendations — not without some serious discussion, lots of opinions heard from friends and family (and you, wonderful blog readers), and introspection on our parts — … Continue reading

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Food Revolution Fridays: It’s About Health

This is a hard post to write.  I debated doing it at all, but it’s on my mind, and as I’m sitting here trying to think about all the things that I could be writing, this is the one thing … Continue reading

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The “New Eating Disorder:” This Time, it’s Personal

There was an article online today that caught my attention for a few moments; it was entitled “New Eating Disorders: Are They For Real?”  I’m what you would probably call intellectually curious, and having worked for a while in clinical … Continue reading

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Time

How many posts have I written (or have I yet to write) about time?  It seems like it’s always going to be a hot topic on a family-and-food blog; after all, so much of what seems to hold us back … Continue reading

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Defending a Food Industry Giant (I Can’t Believe I’m Doing This)

When I announced here on the blog that I was eschewing the tradition of giving things up for Lent, and was rather going to think of Lent as a time to give back, I mentioned a couple of campaigns that … Continue reading

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Choices

I’ve been away for a few days, celebrating my birthday and P.’s with family.  Whenever I go anywhere that’s outside of our home environment, it’s inevitable that I’ll be confronted in some way with the reality that we, the RRG … Continue reading

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Oh, Right, Lent!

Oh, right, it’s Lent! (Disclaimer: I know not everyone adheres to Christianity; I know not everyone observes Lent; and while this post will be somewhat about Lent as a season, I hope those who don’t observe it will stick with … Continue reading

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Cabbage Juice and Baking Soda: I’ve Got Issues

Cabbage and Spinach Frosting…yum, yum. P.’s got a birthday coming up.  (For that matter, so have I…he and I share our special day, which usually means that I just about forget it’s my birthday altogether until somebody reminds me, because … Continue reading

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Family Dinner: Not Impossible, But a Feat…

Miss me? Sorry, readers.  I know I’ve been sporadic lately about posting.  Last week was a doozy that culminated in P. getting very, very sick with a respiratory infection; believe me when I tell you that trying to manage all … Continue reading

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Don’t Get Me Started

I had the *ahem* “pleasure” of reading a rather incendiary, very insulting, and apparently quite flawed piece of research yesterday, which suggested that the childhood obesity crisis can be blamed on…working mothers.  Yes, you read that right.  Not screen time, … Continue reading

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