One month after our baby Jeffrey was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, I met Cindy Schaefer…
Helen Baldwin
Helen Baldwin lives in Jefferson, North Carolina, with her husband, Randy plus their two dogs, a cat, and untold wild critters outside. Their firstborn’s family, including two delightful children, lives just down the road, so she enjoys lots of MomMom time. Helen and Randy have a rental cabin and bees, among numerous other endeavors, so they’ll never be bored. Life took a drastic twist in 1997 when their third baby, Jeffrey, was diagnosed with SMA type 1. Although their active stint with SMA was brief, Helen hopes that sharing and connecting experiences after Jeffrey’s death, usually with optimism, helps others endure the unpredictability of loss and recovery.
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Articles by Helen Baldwin
June 7 was my 46th wedding anniversary. My parents reached their 50th anniversary 17 years ago. It is mind-boggling…
Our son Matthew and daughter-in-law Jill handed me a Mother’s Day card in 2015 with instructions to read it…
May Baby, Special Delivery
I’m a May baby (actually, May senior citizen is a bit more accurate). I love having a May birthday.
The Coronaviruth
I didn’t intend to write another column about The Virus, at least not right after my last…
It seems fitting to address the current whammy threatening every single person on the planet. It’s unfortunate…
The Time I Would Have Given Back
It’s daylight saving time and we have given back the extra hour we snagged in the fall. I don’t…
The first Rare Disease Day was celebrated in Europe in 2008. The United States participated the following…
My first experience with the death of someone close to me came shortly after my 16th birthday. A…
After the delivery of our baby Jeffrey, I failed to notice his abdominal breathing. My husband, Randy, possessed both…