Esther did this drawing last summer in her summer art class. The school liked it and displayed it in the hallway when the school year began. Not only that, they chose it as one of the art pieces to go in the 2009-2010 Academic Catalog! The catalog, which goes to all students, lists all...
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We celebrated the New Year with a chocolate cake. Esther made it, came up with the design and decorated it.
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I got Esther some yarn and a crochet hook for Christmas so she could learn crochet. We crocheted together: in a few days she not only had learned several stitches but was making up her own flower designs! The photo shows a few of the shapes we crocheted (three are mine, the rest are...
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This is a copy of my latest post on the Communitas Collective blog. This is my third New Year’s since the onset of Crohn’s Disease. Thinking about New Year’s resolutions can be depressing with a chronic illness. How can I resolve to do anything ahead of time when I don’t know I’ll be feeling?...
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I still have symptoms but they aren’t as bad as they have been at some points since I was diagnosed with Crohn’s. In September my doctor wanted to change my medication since I was still having lots of symptoms. Out of the choices she gave me I decided to add methotrexate and go on...
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Esther’s laptop suddenly died a few weeks ago and Ben’s has been physically falling apart for a while. So it seemed time for them both to have new ones. They both chose HPs – here they are with their new computers, early Christmas presents. (Esther is tall but she’s not really taller than Ben...
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