Christmas, School, and other Shenanigans

Well here we are. The end of 2018. The years just really seem to fly by, don’t they? If anyone has figured out how to slow down time, please let me know. Before I get started with this last post of the year, I wanted to take a moment to…

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Epilepsy Awareness Month: Days 15 – 30

  This is Part 2 of the daily epilepsy facts that Stacy has been posting on James’ Facebook page and will include days 16 through 30. Click here to jump back to Part 1. Thanks again, K.I.P. Epilepsy Coalition for creating these images for us to use to spread awareness about…

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Thanksgiving and Memories of Jackson

Thanksgiving   I am thankful every year—every day, really—that James is with us. We just don’t know how long he will be with us, so every day that he is is a good day. For a long time, Stacy and I were pretty sure that it was going to be…

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Another Bout of Pneumonia

This is going to be a busy weekend of writing. I’ve been trying to keep up with posting every four weeks or so, but every so often life happens, like James ending up in the hospital due to pneumonia. Those of you following James on Facebook are probably already aware…

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Epilepsy Awareness Month: Days 1 – 15

  November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Stacy has been posting daily epilepsy facts on James’ Facebook page, and I will be compiling those facts here. As I have done in the past, I will be splitting the facts into two separate posts. This first post will be a collection of…

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Don’t Piss Off This Special Needs Parent

Please excuse me while I vent. Stacy and I are part of a local Facebook group where people can share things that are going on in our community, ask for recommendations, ask for advice, etc. One of the members in the group posted a simple reminder:     Then there…

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Halloween 2018: Monsters, Inc.

For our Halloween costumes this year, Stacy decided to do characters from the Disney movie Monsters, Inc. James was Mike Wazowski, I was Sulley, and Stacy was the little girl, Boo. We got all dressed up for a Halloween party for special needs families at Gigi’s Playhouse on October 27th.…

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