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August 31, 2008 11:43 AM EDT --
I was first asked to consider writing a book
several years ago by the Medical Director of
the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). In
1995, our daughter Rachel had been . . .
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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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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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May 16, 2008 01:55 PM EDT --
How I Met Your Mother...
As a boy of twelve or so growing up in Southern Florida, I made extra money mowing lawns for our neighbors. During these jobs I would often ponder my future. I often wondered . . .
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May 10, 2008 09:50 AM EDT --
Chapter 1- Born Too Soon Part 2
Susan took a deep breath and softly said to the nurse. " I need to see her... please." My wife's voice trailed off as she . . .
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March 19, 2008 07:11 PM EDT --
"For the Love of Rachel: A Father's Story" Wins Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Award in the Reader Views 2007 Annual Literary Awards
(Austin, Texas) "For the . . .
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February 25, 2008 04:37 PM EST --
Would you like to win something? Do you like to read?
A free copy of "For the Love of Rachel: A Father's Story" will be awarded this week, sent to the winner from Amazon.com.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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 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 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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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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