Center of the Universe

This is a belated entry. It actually took place a couple of weeks ago. I struggle as a parent of a child with a disability. When you parent a child with special needs, you are in somewhat uncharted territory, even more so when your child’s disability is rare. You can’t just run down to Target […]

Nothing Moves…This Week

This week was a roller coaster ride. Thankfully, it is over. Sunday the world is fresh again. “Gray Day….Everything is gray. I watch. But nothing moves today.”…Dr. Seuss Monday was one of those days that I felt wholly inadequate as a parent. Ethan has struggled with his whole life with urinary continence. What most children […]

Boo!

Halloween was really fun. I handed out candy and Jenn followed Ethan at a distance (it is no longer cool for mom and dad to tag along). I was really proud of my little man. He sorted his own candy and gave all the candy he could not eat because of food allergies to his […]

1.2.3.4, I declare a thumb blog

I am trying something new today, mobile blogging. At the moment I am in the bus queue waiting for the…ah there it is. Ahhhh air conditioning! “Love Stinks” is on my iPOD. I am reminded of a staff retreat I attended when I worked at Bethany. We were asked to share our favorite love song. […]

Mixed Bag

This is going to be one of those postings where I just start writing until something clicks. It may just be random mush. I just found out that one of my professors is college died suddenly. He had heart surgery on Friday to remove a benign tumor. I am not sure what happened, but apparently […]

This disease brought to you by, Snickers.

It is now officially Netflix season. Actually for my family it has been for several weeks. Every summer after the TV season ends, my wife and I find a TV show on Netflix that we never watch when it was on TV and watch every episode in order. Last summer it was “Roswell.” This summer […]

Big Fat Baby

This morning I had to drop off some supplies at my son’s school. I was in a bit of a rush and I was not watching where I was going. That was when a traffic pylon decided to attack me in broad daylight. I fell pretty hard. I got scraped up and jammed my pinky. […]

The (not so) Little Green Monster

I saw on Facebook that my cousin was in town (DC). The minute I saw his picture by the World War II memorial, I had a deep pang in my gut. I am not the man my father wanted me to be. I know next to nothing about hunting, guns, football or car repair. I […]

Dusk

I am sitting in my living room with the curtains open watching the last traces of daylight seep away. My dog is literally at my feet. I hear the unmistakable sound of a laugh track from the family room and the metallic bang of clothes being loaded into the washing machine. Life is good. This […]

Self Loathing in Northern Virginia

I took my wife to the eye surgeon today to have her bi-annual checkup. I always have to drive her because they dilate her eyes and she cannot drive home. While I was in the waiting room, I got an email from a colleague asking me to have my team work the weekend. Now I […]