Saturday night, my house. Everyone else is asleep. I am gathering the Mother’s Day cards the kids made to place with my card and our gift for the morning. I read through the cards. Riley’s is beautiful, with a flower that has fold-out petals, each containing a different wonderful attribute of Veronica’s. It is carefully […]
Read more "Mother’s Day, According to Ryan"Like a lot of kids on the autism spectrum, creativity is not exactly Ryan’s strong suit. When he was a toddler we watched him like a hawk, hoping to see signs of imaginative play emerge. He liked to play with toy cars. All right, he liked to line up toy cars. We tried to expand […]
Read more "What’s In a Nickname"Well, that didn’t take long. Less than 48 hours after our stunningly successful weekend road trip, our household was back in chaos. Ryan was extra wound up as bed time approached. He outright refused to stop what he was doing and get ready for bed. Veronica and I both tried, but we were losing the […]
Read more "Reality Bites"I wish I’d been able to post this on Monday, but WordPress and I were not getting along. Way back on Monday, you know, twenty-four whole hours ago, I was busy writing a post about the wonderful weekend I’d spent with Ryan road-tripping to Washington for a Capitals playoff game. My heart was heavy then, […]
Read more "Road Trip!"Today’s post is delayed on account of the fact that WordPress sort of ate it. But this weekend was too special — 36 glorious hours of one-on-one time with Ryan, all centered around playoff hockey — to not share in greater detail. Until I can properly do so on Tuesday, I’ll leave you with this […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 