It may not be much, but it’s an opening. A slight broadening of perspective. A willingness to try something new. And all of those are things to be celebrated in my house the way the Baltimore Ravens celebrated amidst the falling confetti at the Superdome on Sunday night. Ryan had a dalliance with football this […]
Read more "The Arc of a Football Season"My son has issues with frustration. When a situation is beyond his control, he is sometimes unable to process the outcome that is not to his liking. The result, more often than not, is a meltdown. These moments are frustrating for all of us. Yesterday afternoon, I found myself on one of end of a […]
Read more "When You Can’t Fix It"The hallways of Ryan’s school are covered with murals featuring inspirational quotations. One of his teachers recently took the kids in her class on a tour around the school to read and interpret them, and it left an impression on Ryan. He has been quoting them back to us ever since. His favorite? Life is […]
Read more "Words of Wisdom"How was your weekend? Mine began with this on Friday night: Which was quickly followed by this: Which led to this: We capped things off Sunday night with this: Not bad. Not bad at all. Lots of time spent together, and once again, hockey was the glue. We began with a Devils game Friday night. […]
Read more "A Weekend Close to Perfect"I mentioned it briefly in one of the photo captions from my Wednesday post. Anxiety paid Ryan a rather unwelcome visit at Wednesday’s Devils home-opener. We normally don’t attend weekday night games because it means keeping our kids up too late. With Ryan in particular, his sleep cycle is like a delicate flower that needs […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 