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I stopped writing for a while. I lost sight of what mattered when I was well. In recent months, the end of my military career became a reality. And with that transition came more time, time I thought I’d use productively. But instead, I spent much of it in what I justified as my “comfort… Read.
Life with DiGeorge:
A Father’s POV
Sharing my journey of faith, love, and resilience as a father of a 22qtie; Because no father should walk this path alone!
“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! – Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10
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Our G-Tube Emergency
“I think I pulled her G-tube out.” The words came out of my mouth, and my soul had just left my body. Here is how that happened. Feeding and weight gain had always been a struggle with little Trini. After a few appointments, the GI team suggested that a G-tube would help her grow and
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Failing Forward: My Father’s Journey Through Regret, Lies, and Redemption
Running Doesn’t Fix It Who would’ve thought that avoiding problems wasn’t the answer? I sure didn’t. I felt like I was failing as a father — and instead of facing that, I just kept digging a deeper hole. One I didn’t know how to escape. I couldn’t understand why I was stuck in a cycle
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Overcoming Struggles: A Father’s Perspective on Faith
I tried to do everything independently for months, relying on my strength. I believed in God, but He wasn’t at the center of my life. I chased after other things, hoping they would fill the emptiness before finally surrendering to Him. Deep down, I knew He was there because at least once a week, I…
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Lessons Learned from a Daycare Crisis: Advocacy for Special Needs Kids
“We are doing everything we can to ensure your daughter is cared for.” These were the commanding officer’s words when we ran into him at the grocery store a few days before Christmas.
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Overcoming Fear: My Daughter’s Febrile Seizure Experience
On November 26, 2017, it made sense why I was meant to stay with my daughter and not deploy. We were all just coming back to work from the Thanksgiving break. The morning routine went great; my daughter gets dropped off at daycare along with her feeding pump and her thickened formula. Everything seemed fine!
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