The Longest Shortest Time

Leg Book: Part 2

Our pediatrician has a catch phrase. Or maybe it’s more of a greeting. The first thing he does when he enters the exam room is walk up to Sasha, say hello, press his finger to her nose and go, “Boop!” He does this with all of the kids, every time. It’s sort of an inside […]

Be Right Back

Well, maybe I was too optimistic in that last post. The last couple nights Sasha has been having trouble going down and has woken up twice each night. That’s actually a lot better than we were doing before, but still—it’s very disruptive and we only wind up getting maybe 4 hours of sleep and not […]

Leg Book: Part 1

Child and art therapists: could bookmaking be the reason we caught some Z’s?

I Need a Ninja

People keep telling me, after a couple of days with a cast, children act as if nothing is wrong. This, I have not found to be true. It’s 3 a.m. I’ve been calling LST a 3 a.m. bedside companion and I find myself needing one of my own at the moment. Nobody in this house […]

Vote Now (and Every Day till the 27th) for LST!

Still in the midst of broken leg hell (more on that soon) but wanted to quickly thank all of you who nominated LST for the Podcast Awards. You helped get this podcast placed into the top 10 Health/Fitness podcasts! Which means now it is time to cast your vote to make LST the top Health/Fitness […]

Fractured

As I have learned in doing this project, there are all sorts of longest shortest times. And it seems I am at the start of another one of my own. A couple days ago I was going down a slide with Sasha. A slide with a sharp turn. Her foot got caught on the curve […]