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Kristi Rieger Campbell's passion is writing and drawing stupid-looking pictures for her blog, Finding Ninee. It began with a memoir about her special-needs son Tucker, abandoned when she read that a publisher would rather shave a cat than read another memoir. Kristi writes for a variety of parenting websites including Huffington Post Parents, has been published in several popular anthologies, received 2014 BlogHer's Voice of the Year People's Choice Award, and was a proud cast member of the DC Listen to Your Mother show. Find her on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.

Tucker used to love the bath.  Not anymore. Not for the past few months.  I’m not sure why.  So, last night, as he was standing in the tub not wanting to sit down or let me put shampoo in his hair, Robert walked in to witness me stripping down. “What are you doing?” My reply? […]

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Sometimes, this internetwideweb cyberspace place is perfect. We find friends that change our whole worlds.  If only for a day. They’re people that we’ll probably never meet in person. And yet, they are often the ones who provide us with the inspiration to keep on writing. To continue sharing. To keep on keeping on. This […]

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Sometimes, I get sad and cry for no reason. This morning, after dropping Tucker off at school, I stopped by the grocery store to stock up on chicken fingers since that’s one of the 11 foods he’ll actually eat. As I was walking back to the car, I almost started crying in the parking lot. […]

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There are days when trolling other people’s blogs inspires and motivates me.  There are other days when it leaves me frustrated that I’m not a part of an awesome, supportive community.  Like, the autism community.  To be perfectly clear, I am relieved beyond measure that Tucker’s developmental pediatrician doesn’t think he’s autistic. But. As my […]

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