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Category Archives: Sentimental

Ah, the Fourth of July. We’ve had some good ones.  Last summer, we celebrated youth at the beach and will be doing the same next week. There’s something about sand, sun, and fireworks that make summer summer in a way that it never is up to that point. A couple of years ago, we rented […]

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There are a lot of people that I’d like to have dinner with.  They include family, friends, and many of you. Tina Fey, who would make me laugh endlessly, especially if she did dummy Sarah Palin for me.  Ellen.  Jack. Sir Anthony.  Steve Jobs. Martin Luther King. But there is one person that I want […]

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Have you ever thought about life’s turning points? About how different your life might be had you taken a different route, a different job, chosen a different country to live in?  Would your child be the same person had you had him earlier?  Married somebody else?  Grew up with a different family?  Would you be […]

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Today was less than perfect in the way that first-world, middle-class probably-autism visiting an over-crowded human cesspool quickly becomes less than perfect is.  Robert and I decided to run some much-needed errands in an attempt to find new Nikes for Tucker’s ginormous extra-wide stinky loved feet.  Robert suggested we go to an outlet mall. I […]

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I started blogging because I was lost and confused.  Terrified.  Lonely. So lonely. Learning that there’s something wrong with your baby and not knowing anybody who has heard similar news introduces a level of loneliness and bewilderment that trumps even the first day of high-school and entering the lunchroom by yourself. To combat that, I […]

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I’m passionate about a lot of things.  First and foremost, I’m passionate about my little boy and doing my very best to create a world for him where people see him and not how maybe-probably-autism shows itself in some of his funky words and his need to run.  I’m passionate about finding joy and wonder […]

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