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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.

This morning was like so many other Monday mornings.  After having two days off, Tucker didn’t want to go to school.  He didn’t want to put on his socks, shoes and jacket.  Which is typical for a Monday. This morning was completely different from other Monday mornings.  I considered letting him have another day at […]

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There have been countless moments in the past few days when I’ve wondered how to go on.  How to move forward in this broken world.  When I’ve wondered how to repair my heart.  When I’ve wondered whether it’s safe to send my son to school tomorrow.  Because there will be more senseless deaths.   The […]

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As I type, there are parents waiting to know whether their kids are alive.  The thought of that completely guts me.  That an adult could massacre little kids sickens me, scares me and fills me with dread and despair.  Knowing that innocent babies – kindergartners through fourth-graders – are lying in their school right now, […]

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  To say that I was really excited to receive this award is an understatement.  Thank you, thank you, thank you Stephanie from Mommy, For Real.  If you’re not familiar with Stephanie’s blog, she’s funny, an awesome writer and a music therapist.  I visit her blog daily.  You should, too.  Her giving me this award […]

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I felt bad about washing grapes while drinking wine last night. It felt sort of like I was petting a cow while eating a hamburger. Does anybody else out there contemplate the fact that grapes have given up their little lives so that we may enjoy wine?  It’s something I actually think about more often […]

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