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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.

I’ve read a lot of tweets and posts that hope that 2013 is better than 2012.  I guess I hope that, too.  But at the same time, I’m really thankful for 2012.  Prior to this past year, we were able to remain in the land of denial regarding Tucker.  His problems, his speech delay, and […]

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We’re back!  Oh dear blog, I missed you! The flight to Denver was perfect.  Tucker was perfect.  It seems dumb now that I was so worried about him behaving well on the flight.  He blew us away with his coping skills and overall excitement at seeing planes, riding in planes and being an awesome kid.  […]

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A few months ago, one of Tucker’s friends gave us her old fish tank after upgrading their own.  I was completely excited because I knew that Tucker would love it.  Off to the pet store!  I got the un-chlorinating liquid and PH powder stuff, a filter system, a heater and some other crap that I […]

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How awesome is Jenn from Something Clever 2.0?  Awesome!  Awesome, awesome, awesome.  Go see why and meet some new bloggers. Thank you so much, Jenn, for including Finding Ninee.  May we all find fame together. Or at least more comments and blog loves. Merry Christmas Eve!!

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