Three Words for 2012

January 1, 2012

As I’ve mentioned in the past, instead of New Year’s Resolutions I do Three Words. These three words will act as both a sort of mission statement and a set of guiding principles that will focus my efforts and goals for the year. (See my words for 2011 and 2010.) So I’ve selected my three [...]

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A Christmas Story

December 25, 2011

Most of our days are filled with a variety of challenges, which often come with a mix of gifts, frustrations, and everything in between. Then there are the rare days when everything coalesces into this unending day of goodness. Friday turned into this kind of day. It started out with a string of good happenings. [...]

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2012 – An Invitation to the Year of Getting Your Crap Together

December 16, 2011

The last couple of years I’ve done Three Words instead of New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve found this to be enormously useful, especially when compared to the incredibly low bar set by the complete lack of success we have ever had with our Resolutions. This is the time when I like to review the year and [...]

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Help Military Families Get Autism-Related Therapies for Their Children

December 6, 2011

In five minutes, you can make a difference in the lives of a lot of families. Go to the A Diary of a Mom blog, read her post, and act. All you have to do is click and send a message to your Representative in Congress. It’s that simple, but it will make a huge [...]

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Who We Are

December 1, 2011

This is your story and mine. This is who we are. You know fear. No, you know pure terror. You have discovered unimaginable joys. You feel everything. Intensely. Completely. There are days your soul catches fire. No emotion is beyond you. You will always be parenting without a net. But it can be done. It [...]

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