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I have been fighting the demons for a long time…and I’m not speaking of my children. Deep inside of me I know, even when no one else...
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Patty Ihm
- Sep 27, 2020
- 3 min
Strip Me Bare
Last year, they were probably heard screaming through to the second floor of the clinic, and there were fights…battles…battles that they...
Patty Ihm
- Jul 28, 2020
- 4 min
Let Me Be Your Lesson
“Everything is either a blessing or a lesson.” Who was it that said that, anyway? Maybe, some things can be both of those at the same...
Patty Ihm
- Nov 17, 2019
- 3 min
The Long Winter
We don’t have to go back to some of the hard things. We have come so very far. Last year at this time, as the cold set in, we were...
Patty Ihm
- Nov 7, 2019
- 3 min
Snow on the Corn and Other Things that Just Don’t Seem Right
I guess you only get so many chances, at least in this life. Nancy, my favorite chicken, went quietly in the early morning cold of All...
Patty Ihm
- Oct 26, 2019
- 2 min
Still Brave: A Birthday Tribute
It’s the eve of your twelfth birthday. The picture in my head may have been a bit different from what I was expecting, but I should have...
Patty Ihm
- Oct 7, 2019
- 4 min
Where We Are: My Medical Cannabis for Autism Update
“I had a great time. Can’t wait until next week.” Well, that was a relief, because the faces he made during the hour-and-fifteen-minute...
Patty Ihm
- Jun 3, 2019
- 3 min
Eight Days
“Is my suit ready for tomorrow?” There was a sense of urgency tainted with a little hesitation that accompanied my son’s question. It was...
Patty Ihm
- Jan 30, 2019
- 4 min
Open My Eyes; Take Me To My People
It sure is cold outside. She was as sweet a baby as ever I have known, and I was so happy that she was mine. But actually, she wasn’t...
Patty Ihm
- Sep 11, 2018
- 3 min
Ode to My Child’s Teacher
For a span of nearly twenty-five years, children of mine have had the privilege of being taught, nurtured, cared for, and loved by so...
Patty Ihm
- Aug 27, 2018
- 4 min
See Ya, Buttheads
It was the wax bottles, the Maryjanes, the sixlets, and the caramel bullseyes, along with a vast array of other vintage candies that held...
Patty Ihm
- Jul 13, 2018
- 3 min
Sunsets and Storms
“How long do you think I’ll last? I mean, when do you think I am going to die?” Ethan’s questions still sometimes catch me a bit off...
Patty Ihm
- Mar 15, 2018
- 3 min
Get Me Some Milk, You Idiot!
Pillars of light danced from the early evening waters of the lagoon, a thousand glow sticks from a summer’s festival stood mid air. The...
Patty Ihm
- Feb 11, 2018
- 3 min
Sparkles and Fear
She didn’t say a word, and neither did I. It may have seemed like just a piece of paper, but to me it represented much more. For nearly...
Patty Ihm
- Mar 3, 2017
- 4 min
What’s In Your Egg Basket?
Something happened. Something went wrong, or maybe it didn’t. Words that interrupted my idle thoughts as I stood at the kitchen sink, ...
Patty Ihm
- Nov 30, 2016
- 4 min
Going Home
My own words played incessantly in my head: so many years, so many services and specialists, twenty medications, and no answers. I...
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