A few weeks back, Ryan came to us with an idea for a school storytelling assignment. He was really excited about his idea. His parents? Not so much. We tried everything we could think of to persuade him in a different direction. He was insistent. He was stubborn. We tried enlisting his aide, over email, […]
Read more "To Protect, or Stand Down?"In the midst of our airport saga last week, there were moments. Moments of happiness. Of pure joy. Moments that came of Ryan’s mind, his unique imagination, his passion and focus. Moments that only he could produce. And those moments deserve to have their story told. I need to back up. In the late fall, […]
Read more "The Bet, Take Two"It feels like a year since I last posted, but it has only been five days. We were supposed to fly to a family gathering this weekend. That was the plan, anyway. Winter air travel is always dicey. We’ve been pretty lucky over the years to avoid bad delays, or when they happened we were […]
Read more "Grounded"Sunday afternoon, our house. Ryan has decided to watch the Jets game. He knows it’s a key contest for the Jets if they have any hope of making the playoffs. It doesn’t go well. The next two-plus hours, before Ryan gives up and switches to hockey (long after most Jets fans had left the stadium, […]
Read more "There’s Two of You Now"I hope your Thanksgiving weekend was as full of food, family and football (or hockey) as our was. A late-night adult league hockey game, combined with a bout of insomnia, have left we with precious little energy to tell you about mine, so let me try to summarize. Our Thanksgiving was spent in the company […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 