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Brennan and Rachel: July 2015

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Friday, July 31, 2015. Our last weekend in Iowa was Heritage Days, my hometown's carnival. It was fun to be around and participate in it. The first night brought more fireworks. Declan spent a lot of time loving on "Rip" during the show. And he has asked for Rip almost every day since. Instead of running to us. Apparently she is ready to be rid of us completely. :). So then I ran with him. More like dragged him along while he was screaming. Tatum ran full speed ahead. They did a second race for every age...

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Brennan and Rachel: grandma and papa come to singapore (part 1 of 4)

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Saturday, August 1, 2015. Grandma and papa come to singapore (part 1 of 4). It was seriously the best having my parents here with us for a couple of weeks. I'm so grateful to them for suffering through the long flights, the jet lag, the crazy heat, and even crazier kids. We loved our time with them. Even walking to the train is better with Grandma and Papa. Taking a brief break in some AC on our walk to Little India. How could I not? After we got our fill of the view we headed out in search of Jollibee, ...

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Brennan and Rachel: April 2015

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Thailand: taking it easy at the beach. The beach was covered in purple shells and Tatum had a hay day collecting them. And Declan, well he isn't much of a beach lover but he seemed happy enough. I'm sure it doesn't look like it but Declan actually loves floating on his back with the puddle jumper on. And he always sticks his feet in the air and crosses them. It is one of my favorite things. Ahhhh Doesn't that look nice? She was happy about that for about five seconds. ha! It re...

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Isaac and Camber: Say...what?

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Monday, October 13, 2014. Last week I saw two people I haven't talked to since Sarah's passing. Both asked me, sincerely, "How are you? Both times I responded, mostly. I was distracted by Mary's antics at the time and also feeling excited because I'd just come from my first job interview. Afterwards I felt a little sick about it. In the moment, I felt good, but that's not what they really wanted to know. Now all this may leave some of you wondering. Lest anyone start panicking that they're said the wrong...

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Isaac and Camber: Mormons, Moms, and Master's Degrees

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Sunday, July 8, 2012. Mormons, Moms, and Master's Degrees. I have a conundrum. Earlier this year, months before we knew about Roy, I applied to nurse practitioner school. Four days after my acceptance letter arrived, the doctor's office told me I was pregnant. That was an amazing, beautiful, happy day. And that night, as we went out to dinner to celebrate, our delicious Indian food was overshadowed by this troubling question: "What do I do about school? I have talked to moms that went to school part-time...

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Isaac and Camber: The dreaded learning curve

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Sunday, December 7, 2014. The dreaded learning curve. I think I have discovered the antidote to pride. Some people might tell you it's humility or loving other people, blah, blah, blah. Maybe those work, but a faster. Way to combat pride is to keep altering you career path slightly, so you always feel a little stupid. Here's an example. I don't know how it happened, but somehow I made it through more than 500 clinical hours as a nurse practitioner student without ever checking a live male for a hernia.

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Isaac and Camber: The dreaded day

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013. This semester in my program marks a big transition: beginning clinical rotations. I have dreaded and anticipated this semester from day one of school. Would I like working with patients? Would I be able to find a doctor nice enough to be my preceptor? Would I be able to handle the mountains of paperwork needed just to show up at said doctor's office? Would I feel stupid all the time? And finally, and most importantly, what about Mary? I almost dropped out because I love.

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Isaac and Camber: Decisive. Sort of.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Decisive. Sort of. I have been reluctant to write this post. The long and short of it is, I have FINALLY. Made a decision about school. My reluctance to write comes partly because I knew that, whichever way I chose, approximately half of my readership would secretly disagree with my decision. And my reluctance comes partly because I. Know that, whichever way I chose, approximately half of my brain would secretly disagree with my decision. Why did I decide this? Did I decide to...

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Isaac and Camber: My moment of silence

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Thursday, February 24, 2011. My moment of silence. Most of us have times when words fail and silence ensues. There are awkward silences and content silences and angry silences. And Camber silences. My silences happen when too much goes through my brain for my mouth to convert into coherent English expression. Like when a patient asks me how long I've been married. You guys are so smart to wait to have children until you have more money and have your career established. February 25, 2011 at 1:06 AM. 1) Ev...

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Isaac and Camber: Guest Post: Infertility and Marriage

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Sunday, December 7, 2014. Guest Post: Infertility and Marriage. A few week ago my friend from Iowa, Celeste, asked me to write a guest post for her series about infertility and marriage. I'm honored that she would ask me, because she is an incredible person and writer, and her blog is well-done and very insightful. You can read my post here. And see the rest of the series on infertility on her blog, A Thing Called Love. Here are some of my previous posts on infertility:. My Moment of Silence. Guest Post:...