Words of Wisdom

The hallways of Ryan’s school are covered with murals featuring inspirational quotations. One of his teachers recently took the kids in her class on a tour around the school to read and interpret them, and it left an impression on Ryan. He has been quoting them back to us ever since. His favorite? Life is […]

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A Weekend Close to Perfect

How was your weekend? Mine began with this on Friday night: Which was quickly followed by this: Which led to this: We capped things off Sunday night with this: Not bad. Not bad at all. Lots of time spent together, and once again, hockey was the glue. We began with a Devils game Friday night. […]

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Anxiety, Please Stay Away

I mentioned it briefly in one of the photo captions from my Wednesday post. Anxiety paid Ryan a rather unwelcome visit at Wednesday’s Devils home-opener. We normally don’t attend weekday night games because it means keeping our kids up too late. With Ryan in particular, his sleep cycle is like a delicate flower that needs […]

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Mostly Wordless Wednesday: Devils Game Night

Time is in short supply today, so I’m going to borrow a concept from my blog-friend Lisa of Between Hope and a Hard Place and go with a “mostly wordless Wednesday” post.

Last night was the Devils’ home opener, so we had to break our normal no-games-on-a-school-night rule to attend as a family. I must say, walking back into the Prudential Center for the first time since Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final felt a little like returning home.

For us, hockey games our where our family dynamic works the best, and it was great to be back.

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#hockeyisback

Yes, NHL hockey is back, the season having begun Saturday, some three-plus months late due to a labor dispute. And I am confident in saying that no one was more excited than my son. Others may have equaled his excitement, but nobody surpassed it. Saturday, he planned to watch all 13 games, starting with a […]

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