Sometimes You Just Gotta Say…

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. […]

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Spontaneity? Not for Us

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. […]

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That’s Playoff Hockey

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 […]

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Happy Anniversary

Fourteen years ago today, I made the best decision of my life when I married Veronica. I knew from the first day we met how compatible we were. We met in a sports bar during the NCAA tournament, and one of our first trips together was to see a Michigan football game. We honeymooned in […]

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Back To School

No, not the Rodney Dangerfield movie, although I think I saw at least one member of the Vancouver Canucks perform a Triple Lindy last night (and if you understand that hockey reference, I should probably just go ahead and make you an admin of the site). The kids returned to school this morning after a […]

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