I won’t complete the line from Risky Business for you (although I’m sure Ryan would love to, seeing as he once listed “cursing” as one of his hobbies). Life with a child on the autism spectrum is guided by schedules. By routines. By rules. Altering or violating any of them is often asking for trouble. […]
Read more "Sometimes You Just Gotta Say…"How was your weekend? We watched a lot of hockey in my house (I know, stop me if you’ve heard that one before) with five playoff games on Saturday and three more on Sunday. Saturday was a beautiful day, so we juggled watching hockey around playing outside and taking part in an elementary school fundraiser. […]
Read more "Spontaneity? Not for Us"Last night we had a family hockey milestone. For the first time, all four of us attended a playoff game together. I’ve been to three Devils playoff games with Riley, and Ryan and I attended a Caps postseason game in Washington four years ago. Veronica and I took in another Caps playoff game a few […]
Read more "That’s Playoff Hockey"The NHL Playoffs began on Wednesday night, the start of a two-month marathon that will conclude with one team lifting the most famous trophy in all of sports. Players will lose teeth, shed blood, break bones and suffer all manner of horrific injuries … and continue to play. When the champion is finally crowned, a […]
Read more "Playoff Time Is Family Time"One of the regular challenges with Ryan is to get him to leave his room and engage with the rest of the family. If left to his own devices, he would often spend hours in his room, either playing with his Hockey Guys (and performing the play-by-play at the top of his lungs) or typing […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 