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Dear Braden

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 loriboll

Dear Braden, It’s been one week since you made your big move out of our house and into your new home.  Your new home.  I still can hardly believe I’m […]

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Padlocks Greatly Reduce Efficiency

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 loriboll

Now I’m sitting in my living room surrounded by boxes full of everything that usually belongs in our kitchen cupboards and drawers. Our bedroom closet is full of bathroom supplies. […]

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Grieving: Loss, Sadness, Wildfires & Exhaustion

September 19, 2020September 19, 2020 loriboll

Now: Our family experienced a loss this week. Grieving is hard at the best of times. But these are definitely not the best of times. Then: When Braden was young […]

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It’s Almost September

August 30, 2020 loriboll

In two days it will be September…and we’re still in America. I wrote a blog post last May entitled “Into the Great Wide Open” when Mike, Braden, and I left […]

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Into the Great Wide Open

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 loriboll

Life…it’s changing. We came to a decision recently. We are flying home to Oregon on Thursday evening. Just to clarify, we are not going home because we are scared of […]

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Life in Lock Down: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

April 5, 2020April 5, 2020 loriboll

“How are things going with Braden during all this, Lori?” Hmmm….. Life during #COVID with Braden…how would I describe it? I’m going to go with “Predictably Unpredictable.” We have now […]

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He Rocked the Vote!

March 4, 2020March 5, 2020 loriboll

Let’s take a moment to congratulate America’s newest voter. Yep. Braden voted for the first time tonight in the U.S. Primaries. We hadn’t planned on having Braden vote today. I’m […]

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New Shoes and Our New Life with a Gym Rat

February 24, 2020 loriboll

Now “Braden sure loves his new shoes,” a colleague gleefully exclaimed as she passed me in the hallway last week at school.  No time to chat, on my way to […]

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Happily Ever After? (Part Two)

December 15, 2019 loriboll

Now: “Have you heard of Dystonia?” We hadn’t. “Dystonia,” she explained, “can be a side effect of taking Risperidone, and we should make it our goal to take Braden off […]

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Happily Ever After? (Part One)

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 loriboll

Now We have all witnessed the beautiful stories of families of children with special needs…you know the ones…the dedicated parents who give all they have for their child. Some give […]

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