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My sweet tooth gets me into trouble all the time. With Halloween just around the corner, I know my daughter will be taking her little…

After my son Finley was diagnosed with Alagille syndrome, a number of “what if” questions lingered in the back of my mind. What would…

As a child, I remember being told, quite often actually, that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” I never really understood what that…

It was nearly a decade ago when I was handed my first expiration date. After doing an unplanned and unwanted tour of several hospitals one…

Over the past year, I was largely focused on the next big change in my family’s life: my youngest son, Finley, starting kindergarten. There would…

Most of my life has been spent as a writer, but that also means that a good chunk of my life has been spent as…

After months of buildup, my youngest son, Finley, who was born with Alagille syndrome, finished his first week of kindergarten. He loved starting school,…

“Do you have diabetes?” I was sitting in one of those crunchy paper exam-room gowns, going through the usual rigmarole of questions you’re asked while…

After months of me writing about it, the day finally arrived: Finley, my youngest son who was born with Alagille syndrome, started kindergarten. It…

My teenage daughter started 10th grade this week. She looked adorable on her first day of school in a ditsy-patterned sundress, her nails painted in…