Champions! In his first three seasons playing street hockey in our town league, Ryan’s teams won a combined three games. Last night, his team won the championship, coming from behind in the third period of the final game to take home the trophy. It may be only a town rec league with three teams and […]
Read more "A Championship Season"Confession time: I am a space geek. Always have been. I remember as a kid reading about the first lunar landing in 1969 and being angry that it had happened before I was born. This was during a quiet period for the U.S. space program, between Apollo and the space shuttle. Without missions to follow, […]
Read more "When I Grow Up"I have written before of Ryan’s love of hockey statistics, most especially the standings. Our house is littered with notebooks and sheets of paper full of hand-written, impeccably neat and entirely accurate NHL standings. They are accurate in every way imaginable. The total number of wins for the 30 teams equals the total number of […]
Read more "Celebrating a Remarkable Mind"Yesterday was a crappy day. Meltdowns, objects thrown, cursing, screaming, crying fits. A total loss of control over seemingly minor developments beyond Ryan’s control. Worse, I was not around to help, having been at work and then off visiting a relative in town. But I can’t write about any of that today. I don’t want […]
Read more "Have Some Fun Out There"We are trying to enforce some basic responsibilities with both of our children this summer. Really, this is as much an effort for Veronica and me as it is for the kids, as we attempt to enforce consistently various chores and household rules. Somewhere along the line this became known as the “summer of […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 