Posts by: Helen Baldwin

Helen Baldwin

July 29, 2020July 27, 2020

The Papa Tomato

Columns, We're Not in Kansas Anymore - a Column by Helen Baldwin

Our family has some generous gardening friends. One such friend keeps us spoiled with her garden goodies regularly. She has delivered to our porch zucchini, beans, lettuce, garlic, and ... Read more

July 15, 2020July 13, 2020

Why I Appreciate Diagnosis Day Anniversaries

Columns, We're Not in Kansas Anymore - a Column by Helen Baldwin

It’s probably safe to say that these past four months have been a blur for many. It seems that mere blinks ago it was mid-March, the last days of ... Read more

June 24, 2020June 22, 2020

Service with a Smile and a Waggly Tail

Columns, We're Not in Kansas Anymore - a Column by Helen Baldwin

One month after our baby Jeffrey was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, I met Cindy Schaefer on an SMA message board. Her son, BioNews Services columnist and forums director ... Read more

June 10, 2020June 8, 2020

For Better, for Worse, and Everything in Between

Columns, We're Not in Kansas Anymore - a Column by Helen Baldwin

June 7 was my 46th wedding anniversary. My parents reached their 50th anniversary 17 years ago. It is mind-boggling that my husband, Randy, and I are already old enough ... Read more

May 27, 2020May 26, 2020

Jeffrey, Clara, and James: A Love Story

Columns, We're Not in Kansas Anymore - a Column by Helen Baldwin

Our son Matthew and daughter-in-law Jill handed me a Mother’s Day card in 2015 with instructions to read it aloud. I didn’t pay attention, however, so my deafening squeals ... Read more

May 13, 2020May 11, 2020

May Baby, Special Delivery

Columns, We're Not in Kansas Anymore - a Column by Helen Baldwin

I’m a May baby (actually, May senior citizen is a bit more accurate). I love having a May birthday. From wrapping up spring semesters before my birthday way back ... Read more

April 15, 2020April 13, 2020

The Coronaviruth

Columns, We're Not in Kansas Anymore - a Column by Helen Baldwin

I didn’t intend to write another column about The Virus, at least not right after my last one, but it seemed appropriate to share a surprising revelation from after ... Read more

March 25, 2020March 23, 2020

Devastation, Disruption, Despair, and Daffodils

Columns, We're Not in Kansas Anymore - a Column by Helen Baldwin

It seems fitting to address the current whammy threatening every single person on the planet. It’s unfortunate that it’s a menacing global health upheaval bringing us together in myriad ... Read more

March 11, 2020March 9, 2020

The Time I Would Have Given Back

Columns, We're Not in Kansas Anymore - a Column by Helen Baldwin

It’s daylight saving time and we have given back the extra hour we snagged in the fall. I don’t like giving time back. Usually. Ahhh … time. It’s a ... Read more

February 26, 2020February 24, 2020

On This and Every Other Day, I Am Proud to Be Rare

Columns, We're Not in Kansas Anymore - a Column by Helen Baldwin

The first Rare Disease Day was celebrated in Europe in 2008. The United States participated the following year, and by 2019 more than 100 countries had joined in to ... Read more