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I don't know why I often feel like I have to qualify anything I write as coming from my specific perspective...no duh, right? Here are some of my recent thoughts on community based on happenings in my life. In April we started with a daytime nurse. This was always a big fear of mine. I was afraid to go through finding a good person to care for my son. I have also been afraid of depending on someone in this way. It scares me that I might get dependent on her coming to care for Leo a certain amount of time a week and then what if something changes and now we have no more nursing. I don't want to be too overwhelmed by my own life that I can't live it. Another fear that has been creeping in is, "Wow, Charis, 3 nurses?! Why do you need so much help? You should be able to do more on your own." We have two nighttime nurses and one daytime nurse (12hr a week). I know that voice in my head is wrong. But fighting it is hard sometimes. I...