Bittersweet Sendoff

Apologies in advance, as I am probably going to ramble this morning. It’s been a long week, with some good, some bad, and plenty of anger, hope and frustration mixed in. As a result, my emotions are all over the place. I do want to spend a few moments on yesterday, however. After our successful […]

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Return to the Rock

We made it. That’s us — Ryan and me — inside Prudential Center for the Devils‘ game against the Florida Panthers Saturday. We have season tickets, but both kids had not attended a game together for over a month. And for a while there, I wasn’t sure we’d make it back before this season ends. […]

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Chirping From a Bike

I started and abandoned two different post this morning about last week and Ryan’s struggle with extreme anxiety over hockey statistics. It’s all a little raw and I’m not ready to delve in just yet. Maybe later this week. A brief update: Things continue to improve each day, but Ryan still can’t bring himself to […]

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Autism Something Month

I was going to avoid writing about Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month and World Autism Awareness Day altogether. I didn’t think I had anything worthwhile to add to the discourse, a lot of which disappoints me. I understand some of the divide in the autism community. When you have a disorder under a single umbrella that covers […]

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Ready

We had a major milestone in our house this weekend. Ryan rode a bicycle for the first time in his life. My son is 12-and-a-half years old, so it’s safe to say this day was a long time coming. Well it was, and it wasn’t. Let me explain. Last spring, Ryan’s sister got up on […]

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