By the time this week is done, I will have played hockey three times in three nights, at three different rinks, and with three different groups of people. I doubt I have done this since high school. Beyond apologizing to Veronica for leaving her with the kids (sorry honey!) I also want to thank three […]
Read more "A Passion, Reignited"The biggest challenge between our family and a successful vacation is keeping Ryan occupied. We bring along enough comforts of home — laptop, Hockey Guys — for him to keep a sense of routine, but we also don’t want him spending an entire vacation engaged in these solitary activities. So we limit his time with […]
Read more "Vacation, Part Two – Let the Games Begin"This morning, I shaved and put on shoes of the non-flip flop variety for the first time in 10 days. I was not happy about either of these developments. This morning, it’s back to the routine, back to the morning commute, back to reality. Vacation is over. I was happy, thrilled even, to return from […]
Read more "Vacation, Part One – Going Home"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"Among the things I find frustrating about autism is that it makes it difficult to attribute reasons for trying behaviors. Ryan has some behavioral issues that are very obviously related to his diagnosis, such as his inability to control his voice volume and his difficulty breaking out of rigid habits. I wish we could say […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 