Many of you have may know of the story of Anthony Starego, a person with autism who is the starting kicker on his high school’s football team. His story was covered by NBC’s Today Show earlier this fall and on Saturday he got the Tom Rinaldi treatment on ESPN’s College Gameday. If you’re not familiar […]
Read more "Tom Rinaldi Made Me Cry Again"I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving, full of time spent with family and friends, a plentiful feast, and football. We had all of that, and then some, with plenty of highs and lows thrown in for good measure. There were a few really trying moments, including one courtesy of the New York Jets, who […]
Read more "Thanksgiving Family Football"Sunday was a looooong day in our house. The day began fine. Riley and Veronica were off at soccer and Ryan and I camped out on the couch to watch Sunday NFL. But once we were all back together, things deteriorated quickly. The kids were picking at each other like a scab, ignoring frequent requests […]
Read more "Marry-land and Ill-annoy"Wednesday night, Ryan had a meltdown. Like most of them, the cause was something inconsequential — except to him. But there was something different in this meltdown, both in the way we reacted to it and in how he ultimately found a way to calm himself. We were watching television as a family in the […]
Read more "Finding the Good in a Meltdown"Dear Mr. Kinney, May I call you Jeff? We don’t know each other, but you were kind enough to answer my tweet after this post, so I feel like we kind of do. Congratulations on the release of the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid title, and your place atop various best-seller lists. If I […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 