Author: Brandon Kraft
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Pharmaceutical Frustrations
My daughter has asthma. We've tried over the years to determine a control medication (the stuff you take every day) program that keeps her asthma in check without giving her more medication than is needed. When we get it wrong, she's likely to end up in the hospital. We've been on Flovent, Qvar, Advair that…
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20 Years
I’ve struggled with what to write to mark 20 years since my dad died. It’s probably the most common regular topic I’ve written about over the years. Earlier this month, a very close friend lost his mother. A few days ago, I talked heart-to-heart with another friend who lost his father earlier in the year.…
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Vanessa and the Law
Once, Vanessa was given an “enhanced security” screening for having a hair tie in her back pocket. You better believe I’m never going to forget that. “Don’t forget to check your pockets for lint!” Also on: X X
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Ziploc Bags
For school this year, the older two need very specific types and sizes of Ziploc bags. I’ve bought them twice. Twice, I bought the wrong ones. Also on: X Facebook
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Preschool Recital
I’m in a three-block line to enter a preschool recital. Also on: X
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Live Beer Blogging 2017
Derek Springer of WordPress.com and Five Blades Brewing fame and I are at the 2017 Beer Bloggers and Writers Conference in Milwaukee, WI. A tradition of this conference is a live beer blogging session that is speed dating with bloggers writing in real time about trying a different brewery’s best with only five minutes per…