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Sylvia Rupani-Smith

Sylvia Rupani-Smith

A Mother’s Hands

I wrote this before my New York Times story posted about a year ago and submitted it as an alternative essay on my mother. I am posting…

Nov 4, 2017

A Mother’s Hands

Nov 4, 2017

Sylvia Rupani-Smith

Keeping Grounded in Hard Times

Stress. Living in New York, working in New York, traveling within New York- these things cause stress. Or they don’t. I was never born with…

Jul 21, 2017

Keeping Grounded in Hard Times

Jul 21, 2017

Sylvia Rupani-Smith

Tales in Nostalgia

I always think of my mother these days. Except when I don’t. Something will remind me of her, anyway; a commercial featuring a mom in a…

May 24, 2017

Tales in Nostalgia

May 24, 2017

Sylvia Rupani-Smith

Don’t Take Her for Granted

When we heard that our mother had a rare brain disease called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, we were stunned. We didn’t believe it. We…

Mar 13, 2017

Don’t Take Her for Granted

Mar 13, 2017

Sylvia Rupani-Smith

Some stuff I did & stuff I wrote at NYT

A little more about me: I spent 15+ years at The New York Times, working at the Culture desk for six years, producing multimedia for both…

Feb 13, 2017

Feb 13, 2017

Sylvia Rupani-Smith

A Mother’s Strength

Today I cried so hard I couldn’t breathe. I wonder if mom feels this way all the time, with her passageways closing up on her, gasping for…

Dec 9, 2016

A Mother’s Strength

Dec 9, 2016

Sylvia Rupani-Smith

The Falls Were Bad. The Diagnosis Was Worse.

“She was just standing there,” my dad told my sister, by way of explanation, “and she fell.” My mom managed a small smile, with her big…

Dec 1, 2016

The Falls Were Bad. The Diagnosis Was Worse.

Dec 1, 2016

Sylvia Rupani-Smith

Ask a Doctor: Dr. Brent Bluett on PSP

Very few patients with a rare brain disease such as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, or PSP, have the liberty of choosing a doctor. It’s…

Nov 29, 2016

Ask a Doctor: Dr. Brent Bluett on PSP

Nov 29, 2016

Sylvia Rupani-Smith

Sylvia Rupani-Smith

My mom has a terrible disease (learn more: @CurePSP) My mom is the reason I became a writer; she always wanted me to be a journalist. I spent 15+ years at NYT.

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