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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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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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A Journey of a Thousand Miles

November 29, 2011

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao-Tzu Today I achieved something momentous, and I almost missed it. I completed my 1,000th mile since I decided to start running again and taking control of my health in August 2010. I’ve run well over 800 of those miles in 2011, including [...]

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Help Send Autistic Kids to Camp! (2011 Edition)

November 3, 2011

Dear Friends, Last year, many of you wonderful, amazing friends donated to help fund our local YMCA’s Camp G.R.A.C.E. (Growth, Recognition, Achievement, Character, Encouragement), a summer camp program for autistic youth. And as an added bonus, you helped turn me orange to celebrate our fundraising accomplishments! This year, the fundraising needs for the camp are [...]

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What Does ‘Strong’ Mean to You?

October 14, 2011

I’m going to ask the question in the title of this post again at the end, but I want to first bring up a few things I’ve thought about concerning what ‘strong’ means in our lives as parents of autistic and special needs children. I’ve had a lot of conversations with people about how difficult [...]

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Colon Blow

August 17, 2011

[Tim: Mary tells her story about everything that happened over the last few weeks that I first posted about in "When Medical Emergencies Attack Your Spouse".] Towards the end of June, my tummy started to hurt a little. By the beginning of July, it was a bit more bothersome, and on July 2, I had [...]

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There Are No Shortcuts – Ideas For Making Better Therapy Decisions

August 14, 2011

This is a post about how we can make good decisions about therapies for our children. But first, I need to set the scene a bit. The details of your story and ours may vary, but the emotions from which most all parents make decisions about therapies are very similar. I believe you’ll make better [...]

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Lessons from the Road – One Year Later

July 30, 2011

One year ago today, I started running again after many years. My resolutions from The Great Burnout last year were to run and change my diet. That was basically it, though each involved massive lifestyle changes. But my what changes they have wrought in my life. If you’ll indulge me a bit, here are some [...]

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