I have a confession to make. Sometimes, I feel like a fraud. Sometimes, I feel like a fraud for writing about Ryan’s struggles with autism, because he is mildly affected and I know our lives have little in common with those who parent children who may be non-verbal, self-injurious, and unable to care for themselves. […]
Read more "This Is What Autism Looks Like"I should have written this post when we got home from the Devils game Friday night, when the memory was still fresh. Before we spent much of the next two days negotiating with Ryan over all manner of behaviors: Wishing he would come outside and join his cousins in the pool Watching him explode every […]
Read more "This Is What Happiness Looks Like"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?"Sometimes, simple plans are best. It’s a lesson we have learned over the years as we have seen ambitious vacation plans crumble into disaster. There was the week at the lake house where Ryan barely slept and was bored and when it rained. The trip to Hershey Park where none of us except Riley slept […]
Read more "Memorial Day"When did they stop putting prizes in cereal boxes? Seriously, when did this happen? Did a generation of parents finally rise up and demand a change, sick of grubby little hands digging to the bottom of the box and of siblings fighting over the token prize? It’s a shame, because I could really use a […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 