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02 Mar I’m Coming Out & Standing Up

Posted at 23:26h in anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, depression, family, health, Jonathan, lessons, life, links, mental health by pkuzma 1 Comment

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I've been public about my struggle with depression over the last 12 years, as well as our journey with our son's diagnosis with bipolar disorder. We don't know that the diagnosis will stick long term, and as anyone would, we hope it won't. Nonetheless, I've...

06 Jan Amazing Day

Posted at 23:32h in anxiety, church, family, Heritage School, Jonathan, life, reflections, weekend reflections by pkuzma 2 Comments

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I hope your day was as amazing as mine! Started with finding out our annual "A Promise for {insert year}" Guest Speaker for the first Sunday in January the last several years didn't show up as planned. When I called him, he was four hours...

25 Dec A Very Merry Christmas!

Posted at 23:27h in Christmas, church, Colleen, family, Heritage School, Jonathan, Joshua, kids, life by pkuzma 2 Comments

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We hope you and your family enjoyed a very Merry Christmas! Our plan to drive home in two shots and arrive Saturday drastically changed. We hit the road from Provo about 11:30 am PST on Friday and drove the whole way! We arrived home about 11:30...

20 Dec A Journey of Outrageous Proportions

Posted at 20:39h in Bipolar Disorder, depression, family, Heritage School, Jonathan, life, ODD, travel by pkuzma 2 Comments

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It seems like both yesterday and forever ago that I admitted Jonathan to Heritage School on May 2, 2011. I was an emotional wreck! I made the pilgrimage to admit Jonathan at Heritage myself on May 1-2, 2011. It's hard to believe it's already time for...

23 Jun Have You Considered Adopting?

Posted at 07:07h in adoption, blogs, families, family, Jonathan, Joshua, kids by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Many of you know our story of both of our boys being adopted. The tremendous part is they're ten months apart. Different biological birthmoms. Josh was first. We found out about him when his birthmom was just three months pregnant and walked through the last six...

23 Jun Why Is the Sun Up in the Middle of the Night?

Posted at 05:00h in Colleen, conferences, family, Foursquare Convention, gastroparesis, health, Heritage School, Jonathan, Joshua, kids, life, pace of life, Pastors, Starbucks, travel by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I'm in Chicago on a couple hour layover. It's 4:10 am according to my body, but Chicago believes it's 6:10 am. I left LAX at about 10:45 pm. All this makes for a short night, but I'm sure my body will painfully remind me of...

15 Apr Great Weekend!

Posted at 23:29h in family, Heritage School, Jonathan, Joshua, kids, life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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It's late Sunday night, and we are officially exhausted! A good exhausted though! An emotional weekend having Jonathan here for his first home visit in over a year is coming to an end. He arrived Thursday evening, where we picked him up at LAX. As soon...

24 Mar It’s Always Hard To Leave

Posted at 18:37h in Colleen, family, Heritage School, Jonathan, Joshua, kids, life, travel by pkuzma 3 Comments

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Friday morning, Jonathan and I both got up early. Actually, he always gets up early. The only different is that I got up early. Either way, it was just the two of us for a while. He ate breakfast, I enjoyed watching him, and we...

22 Mar Last Full Day

Posted at 22:42h in Colleen, family, Heritage School, Jonathan, Joshua, kids, life, travel by pkuzma 1 Comment

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We started off a bit earlier today, at least for us! After breakfast, it was on to The Living Planet Aquarium. Not a big one, but definitely an adventure, filled with great fish (the kind for looking, not eating...

21 Mar Local And Lazy

Posted at 22:45h in Colleen, family, Heritage School, Jonathan, Joshua, kids, life, travel by pkuzma 0 Comments

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This morning, Colleen, Jonathan and I made breakfast together. His favorite: Chocolate Chip Pancakes. Josh slept in quite late, so the three of us ate together and had some really good conversation as well. We're so proud of how far Jonathan has come! At the same...