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Wishology

April 11, 2011

We spent a lot of time, last week, talking about science. Which is maybe not what you would expect children to talk about during a week at Disney World, but there it is. Much of the initial discussion was provoked, of course, by Emilia’s very interesting hypothesis concerning the function and character of wishes in the Disney universe – a hypothesis that Tanner appreciated deeply, but that he felt raised further questions about wishes and about the nature of all things existing within that universe. Would all wishes come true at Disney World? A quick test – a declared wish to have ice cream for all meals – quickly confirmed that hypothesis false. And if that hypothesis was false, what did that mean for other Disney hypotheses? Keep reading…

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City Of Cousinly Love

April 8, 2011

Well, theme park of cousinly love. Same-same.

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The Science Of Wishes

April 5, 2011

Emilia’s hypothesis: confirmed.

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A Hypothesis Is A Wish Your Brain Makes

April 2, 2011

‘Mommy, I have a hypothesis.’ Emilia is on a science kick right now. ‘What kind of hypothesis, sweetie?’ ‘It’s about Disney World.’ ‘Okay. Do you want to tell me what it is?’ ‘My hypothesis is that Disney World is where dreams come true.’ ‘That’s a very interesting hypothesis.’ ‘I think it’s a true hypothesis because [...]

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The Lonely Cry Of The Selfless Mom

March 25, 2011

The other week, my mom wrote about something that I’d been unable to write about: my sister’s struggle to cope as the single mom of a dying and disabled child, and the dark, difficult space of that struggle, and the breakdown that came when that space became too difficult to occupy. I’d been unable to [...]

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Stand In The Place Where You Drop Your Chocolate Nibs

March 16, 2011

That’s me, at the Rogers Centre in Toronto – which is, let it be known, a stadium – with a spotlight on me, and a microphone. And a tutu, of course. And a toddler, who couldn’t understand why Mommy got to stand right at the ice in the spotlight and he didn’t, because, seriously, if [...]

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Stories Hard To Tell

March 2, 2011

For all my talk of the world-changing power of sharing our stories, there are some stories that I have trouble sharing, because they’re too hard to write about, or because I worry about the impact of sharing them, or because they’re not my stories, and even if I have permission to share someone else’s story [...]

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Things That Are Awesome, Random Wednesday In February Edition

February 9, 2011

Things that are awesome: 1.) Being asked to open Disney On Ice / Toy Story 3 On Ice – in a tutu – and knowing that a portion of ticket sales will be donated to Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy in Tanner’s name. I’m probably going to cry, which is going to be disorienting, you know, [...]

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I Can Hear Clearly Now

February 1, 2011

Another note from my sister, in thanks for all of your comments here… Thank you all for all the love and support; and thank you to my beautiful big sister. We are at BC Children’s Hospital this week getting further prognoses for Tanner, a measure of the time we have left…

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The Heart Is A Muscle (Pass It On)

January 31, 2011

From my sister: I read and reread the comments to all of my sister’s posts about Tanner. I do follow them but have never made one myself. I am a strong woman and a mother… I thought I knew what I was capable of, I thought I could beat my demons by pushing my body [...]

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