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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.

Sometimes, I think that parenting is like living with varying degrees of Survivor’s Guilt.  It’s easy to assume that foreign-to-us situations are so different from what we go through daily that we feel guilt over “having it better.”  So often, people feel compelled to qualify comments, both here, and in life, to clarify that they, […]

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Today’s Our Land Series was written by my new friend Amanda of Everything Special Ed. Amanda is a mom, a special needs advocate, and author of The Everything Parent’s Guide to Special Education.  She uses her experience to help parents understand and navigate the confusing world of IEPs and special education and empowers them with the […]

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There’s a lot of stuff to be thankful for, out there, in this big huge world, right now. Much of it has to do with kindness, empathy, wonder, and appreciation. I’m an advocate for all of those, always. But I’ve been thinking about grammar this week. Here’s a quick guide to some of the grammatical […]

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When I think about the nice things that people have done for me, it’s hard to separate them from the bigBIGthings that have made an impact on my life but didn’t necessarily stem from kindness.  When I think about the nicest things that I have been blessed to receive, they include the following. The woman […]

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Today’s Our Land Series post was written by my friend Zoe of Rewritten. Zoe is one of those very rare blog friends who remember moments, reaches out, and privately offers encouragement and support. I admire her a lot, and appreciate her friendship so much. I’m sure I don’t do a very good job of letting […]

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You may notice that this post has a bit of a different voice than the ones you’re used to reading on Finding Ninee. My husband Robert wrote it, in response to this week’s Finish the Sentence Friday prompt of “Dear Mom…” —  From a dad, who thinks his wife gave his special needs son the […]

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