Tag: spirituality
member name: David L.
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September 30, 2007 06:18 PM EDT --
The Things That I Learned From My 14 Ounce Daughter
I always considered myself to be quite fortunate. At 35 years of age I was on the faculty at a major medical school and on the fast track for . . .
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October 04, 2007 03:51 PM EDT --
Learning to accept the challenges and limitations of special needs children is a task that the child and family members constantly face. However, in the end, the grace of acceptance can be quite . . .
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December 05, 2007 06:28 AM EST --
The experience of having a daughter born 4 months early once weighing 14 ounces and then adopting an 11 month old daughter from China has perhaps taught me more than all of my years as a Clinical . . .
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October 13, 2007 06:31 AM EDT --
No one takes particular notice of the small, cylindrical shaped cocoons found attached to the bark of trees, the walls of old buildings and which are abundant in any wooded forest. Yet, deep within these . . .
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October 30, 2007 10:35 PM EDT --
In every age men and women have made spiritual pilgrimages in search of the knowledge and the wisdom necessary for personal enlightenment. These journeys have frequently taken them to distant lands where . . .
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November 24, 2007 01:19 PM EST --
In the halls of academia as a Full Professor, I have become used to being accorded a certain degree of respect from my Psychology, Psychiatry and research trainees. However at home with my two daughters, . . .
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October 05, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
During the flight, Susan and I periodically looked at pictures of Amy and were shown pictures of other waiting children by proud adoptive parents. As the plane took us across the ocean and numerous . . .
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October 06, 2007 10:27 AM EDT --
The surgeon continued to work against seemingly impossible odds. With the finest surgical skill he cut out one third of Rachel's small intestine, but in the end he could not remove or or patch all . . .
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October 07, 2007 08:03 PM EDT --
I have often been asked about the single most important lesson that I have learned based upon my 14 ounce daughter's heroic struggles. Upon reflection, I would have to say that Rachel's journey . . .
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October 09, 2007 05:02 AM EDT --
My work life and home life is a study in contrasts. By day, I spend most of my days engaged in research on neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. In the halls of academia . . .
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October 10, 2007 08:36 AM EDT --
That evening, we are introduced to our adoption guide who also served as our translator. She was accompanied by a physician who would be available if needed for any of the babies. Since we could not visit . . .
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November 16, 2007 10:53 PM EST --
As the Thanksgiving holiday season approaches, I find myself reflecting on the many blessings in my life.
My daughter Rachel, born 4 months early at only 18 ounces is now in the . . .
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December 23, 2007 03:54 PM EST --
As I reflect upon this holiday season my youngest daughter Amy age 7 is sitting on my lap teaching me how to make snowflakes with paper and scissors. My oldest daughter Rachel is glued to her computer . . .
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May 19, 2008 12:32 PM EDT --
As time went on, each hour that I spent with Susan made we fall more head over heels for her, She was loving and accepting in ways that I had never imagined. Talking with her was as effortless . . .
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November 01, 2007 09:30 PM EDT --
There was once a little boy who dreamed of nothing else than one day being able to swim in the ocean like a dolphin, wild, free and unbounded. He spent endless days and nights imagining what it would . . .
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October 03, 2007 09:12 AM EDT --
Chapter 1 BORN TOO SOON
There are certain moments in life that are indelibly etched into our memories. They may involve great joy or great sorrow . . .
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October 07, 2007 09:29 AM EDT --
We were taken by bus to the Great Wall of China. From the north to the northwest of Beijing, this serrated wall goes from east to west across the mountains. Construction of the Great Wall began in the . . .
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November 09, 2007 11:28 AM EST --
It has been nearly 12 years since Rachel's birth at 510 grams, or about 18 ounces. Since then, considerable progress has been made in saving the tiniest babies, premature infants weighing 1,000 grams . . .
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October 04, 2007 09:23 PM EDT --
Susan and I could barely contain our excitement as we waited for the delivery truck to arrive. We heard a knock on the door and ran to retrieve the large precious envelope. Susan's hands trembled as . . .
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June 14, 2008 02:20 AM EDT --
I close my eyes on some days and can see the vivid images of twelve years ago as if they were only yesterday. Through burning tears, my wife and I had stared down upon my tiny daughter Rachel, born four . . .
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