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April | 2014 | Emily Dagostino
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Health Care Communications Portfolio. Posted in April 2014. 8220;The Thing Is”*. The last time I was this stuffed with life my grandmother lost hers. What I have left of her now is a curio cabinet filled with a few photos and mementoes, and her scent secured two years after her death in a plastic bag of her bath towels, which I refuse to wash. Every once … Continue reading →. Follow Blog via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
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November | 2014 | Emily Dagostino
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Health Care Communications Portfolio. Posted in November 2014. My wish at 34. 34 years old but still living in the same body that first received the tickling warmth of his breath on the lobe of my ear; his lips’ tender press in the crease of my neck. My same back to his belly. My same belly filled, that night nearly 10 years ago, with the warmth of … Continue reading →. Follow Blog via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
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January | 2014 | Emily Dagostino
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Health Care Communications Portfolio. Posted in January 2014. From this deep slumber. I believe in the sanctity of privacy. After a shamefully garrulous riff in my 20s, when I put pen to paper or key to screen whatever rot spewed forth, I finally grew up enough to begin erring away from over sharing. This coincided in a way with becoming a mother. Learning the value of protecting … Continue reading →. Follow Blog via Email. Join 36 other followers. The mystery of being loved. James Foley’s prayer.
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Stories itching to be told | Emily Dagostino
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Health Care Communications Portfolio. Stories itching to be told. This entry was posted on October 29, 2013, in Foster care. Today I started writing an essay in response to a call for submissions on “The Best Decision You Ever Made.”. Was it homing in on the clarinet as my instrument of choice in the third grade? Learning Italian in high school as a means to get to Rome in college? Moving to Washington, D.C., to slip the grip of a poisoned relationship? Was it marrying that man four years later? Join 36 ...
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“Her Children’s Keeper” | Emily Dagostino
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Health Care Communications Portfolio. 8220;Her Children’s Keeper”. This entry was posted on September 21, 2013, in Family. And tagged child welfare. To pay tribute to the incredible Davida Ellen Williams. The social worker for Hephzibah Children’s Association. Who trained Sean and me to be foster parents and guided us through some of our most challenging experiences in foster care has been published. I’m particularly proud of this piece. And what would happen next? To help the kids. You are commenting us...
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Creative/Freelance Portfolio | Emily Dagostino
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Health Care Communications Portfolio. March 21, 2016: essay, “A restless heart”. October 2015 issue: essay, “The sunshine and shadows of motherhood”. April 2012 issue: essay, “I will follow him”. January 2012: blog, “A teacher of wisdom and faith: Sister Rosalyn O’Malley”. January 2012: blog, “Resolutions rooted in prayer”. November 2011: blog, “St. Joseph, the foster parent”. May 2014: poem, “Normalize”. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE. September 2013 issue: essay, “More than enough”. Enter your comment ...
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The meaning of my every day | Emily Dagostino
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Health Care Communications Portfolio. The meaning of my every day. This entry was posted on October 4, 2013, in Childbirth. A day without my son is like a day without air. How did I breathe before he entered the world? It is important to me that he hears it every day of his life. 8220;Don’t worry, I love you, too,” I tell my husband Sean later, adding with a sly smile, “the second most.”. He is a good sport, feinting back a smile tinged with envy. One thought on “ The meaning of my every day. You are com...
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May | 2015 | Emily Dagostino
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Health Care Communications Portfolio. Posted in May 2015. All this change makes me feel. I want to run toward and away from change. I want to be in its inner circle and skirting its periphery, a safe distance from the roil and tumble of its consequences. When things change, I want to hold my babies closer even as I rejoice in the slow curve of learning to let them … Continue reading →. Follow Blog via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
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October | 2014 | Emily Dagostino
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Health Care Communications Portfolio. Posted in October 2014. I may leave, but I’ll never let go. Twelve weeks ago right now I was about an hour away from waking up to the funny feeling of an uncomfortable fist opening and closing in the vast, cramped space between my heart and my hips. The discomfort of that rather obtrusive fist would persist through a long, hot shower, then increase as midnight silently … Continue reading →. Follow Blog via Email. Join 36 other followers. The mystery of being loved.
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All this change makes me feel | Emily Dagostino
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Health Care Communications Portfolio. All this change makes me feel. This entry was posted on May 19, 2015, in Uncategorized. I want to run toward and away from change. I want to be in its inner circle and skirting its periphery, a safe distance from the roil and tumble of its consequences. When things change, I want to hold my babies closer even as I rejoice in the slow curve of learning to let them grow, and to let them go day by day, milestone by milestone, year by year. May 19, 2015 at 2:16 pm. Follo...