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I’d describe myself as pretty easygoing. I’m by no means a control freak, but I’m also the type of person who likes paying bills one…

Have you ever woken up from a deep sleep with a cotton mouth, desperately needing refreshment? If you’re like me, the first thing you crave…

Potty training, in my experience, has to be one of the hardest parts of parenting a young child. For my 4-year-old son, Finley, who is…

I’m used to my teenage daughter’s eye rolls and heavy sighs when I talk about her health. I’ve had so many crazy things happen in…

My son Finley is a little ball of energy. He is super active and doesn’t like to rest or sleep. At 4 years old, he’s…

Every month, I receive deliveries of my medications, most of them for my metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a fatty liver disease. I probably don’t need…

Saying that 4-year-olds can have crazy attitudes is not a groundbreaking statement. It’s not unusual for my son Finley to have wild swings from happy…

The first time I ever held a ball of clay — OK, it was probably Play-Doh — I felt a strong connection to creating things…

Taking my son Finley to various doctor appointments is nothing new. Since he was born a month early, visiting doctors and seeing various specialists…

I’ve often wondered how and when we’ll tell our daughter Eva that she has progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), a rare liver disease. Most…