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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.

I’m passionate about a lot of things.  First and foremost, I’m passionate about my little boy and doing my very best to create a world for him where people see him and not how maybe-probably-autism shows itself in some of his funky words and his need to run.  I’m passionate about finding joy and wonder […]

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I realized that those of you who actually visit Finding Ninee on a regular basis may have landed here over the past few days and thought “Whoa, I must have entered the wrong URL because the blog that I’m familiar with was way more low-rent and messy.”  If that person is you, wait!  You’re in […]

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This dog of mine. So much more than a dog. His gentle soul housed in a majestic, strong, beautiful body.  There’s something awe-inspiring about making friends with an animal that could actually kill you if he chose to but instead buries his head in your lap to offer comfort and know when to make goofy […]

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The above photo shows Tucker and me in December of this year.  While you can see that I am wrinkled and it is fairly obvious that I am not a teen mom, I do not have blue hair.  Or a bun.  Or dentures.  Or a cane.  You know, the stuff that normal not-a-redneck people associate […]

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