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This board has been so important to me for years now--I've learned from it, made friends from it, and been challenged to do more for other people because of all the help I've gotten here.
So in this message all I want to really say is thanks for all being your wonderful, individual selves and sharing how you deal with all your challenges, how you face all your fears.
The kids issue has always been central to me: my role as a parent is at the core of my identity and I worry all the time how Rachel's treatment (and my stress around it) has reached our kids. They were 5 and 13 at her diagnosis--8 and 16 now. We took the route Becky describes above--tell everything they needed to know, and follow their lead as to what that is.
And to BarbaraH, who I just notice is in Newton (I'm in Cambridge!)--my daughter is in 3rd grade--and I can tell you that outside of me and Rachel (and maybe my mom) there has been nobody more crucial to little Jessie in her life than her teachers over the past couple of years. Thanks for the work you do.
Best to all,
Jeff
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