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Author Archives: Kristi Campbell

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.

Please don’t tell me that my child will catch up.   He won’t catch up. He will make incredible strides, and will work hard, as will his friend who is only now taking tentative steps using a walker. She’s six. These kids of ours will work to accomplish goals that include eating, making eye contact […]

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Music and memories from the 90’s. Ah, friends. In looking for tunes to share with you from the late 90’s, I realize that I was probably the opposite of an early adopter when it comes to the music world. I distinctly remember listening to Metallica’s Master of Puppets a lot from 1995 to 1999. I looked […]

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Late last night, I was on Facebook chat with some of my peeps (thank you, Clark and Rich for your reassuring words and thank you Rachel and Terrye for being wonderful friends – and although I wasn’t DM’ing Kerri, I was likely texting her so thanks there, too…). Anyway, the Famous Richard Rumple, of That’s […]

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I’m not a big church person. I pray, I believe in miracles, I believe in wonder and that unexplainable, unimaginable awe exists above the creational abilities present solely in the minds of men. I do not believe that there is nothing more once we die. Maybe it’s because I can’t. It’s painful to realize that […]

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Some of you may know that on Wednesdays, I feature a variety of voices chosen specifically to make us think, wonder, and appreciate differing viewpoints and abilities. The Our Land Series is a collection of these view points, and a place where empathy and wonder rule. This week, I’m proud to feature my good friend Dana from […]

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