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Posts from January 2005

Be Still My Beating …

Maddie was born with a ventricular septal defect, which only means that there was a miniscule hole between the lower chambers of her heart. She was less than one day old when the cardiologist put a stethoscope to her mottled chest, listened, and then described to us the high-pitched whooshing that he heard. [...]


Another Lobotomy, Please

Several months ago my wife and I joined our town’s newly constructed and family-oriented Y. We had become exasperated with our sedentary lifestyle, and the new facility lured us in with an impressive array of amenities—heated pools, spacious gymnasium, yoga classes, saunas, and most importantly, free childcare for our daughter. We marveled at [...]