“Hey Ryan, want to watch this baseball game with me?” I knew the answer before I posed the question. Ryan only likes hockey. Well, he loves hockey. He’s obsessed with hockey. Which, in his mind, means there’s no room to enjoy any other sport. Still, I keep trying. We had one glorious afternoon at a […]
Read more "A Favorite Football Team"“I WISH I HAD A DIFFERENT BRAIN!” “I HATE MY BRAIN!” That was Ryan on Sunday afternoon, mid-meltdown. Something was wrong with the hockey standings he was typing. This is a regular occurrence. His carefully crafted document formatting gets messed up. He forgets to save a document. His numbers don’t add up. Whatever the reason, […]
Read more "I Wish I Had a Different Brain"“Do we have to go anywhere this weekend?” We hear that question from Ryan just about every Friday afternoon. He will repeat it several times over the course of each weekend. He prefers the comforts of home to just about anything else, but it’s more than that. Ryan is a relentless planner. He hates spontaneity. […]
Read more "Daddy Daughter Day"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, […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 