Lots of parents of kids on the autism spectrum talk about their lives as a “roller-coaster ride” — and it certainly is full of ups and downs. Then again, so are most people’s lives. What makes this metaphor particularly apt is that not only does a roller coaster go up and down, but the it […]
Read more "The Roller Coaster Thing"Last night was a rare night out for Veronica and I. The occasion was a fundraising dinner for a literacy foundation run by a friend, held at a nearby country club. The evening ended up turning out so wonderful that it was hard to remember how it started. But this is a blog about our […]
Read more "Are You Kidding Me, Universe?"Like many sports, hockey has a wonderful, descriptive language all its own. Players refer to each other solely by nicknames, with all long names shortened and all short ones lengthened so that Kovalchuk becomes “Kovy” and Ott becomes “Ottsy”. A goal can be a “snip,” a “snipe,” or a “tuck-in.” A shot that goes just […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 