Remember about a month ago when I asked if we should buy James a car? Even though James will never be able to drive, I thought it would be cool to buy an early ‘90s Mustang that the two of us could work on together and somehow modify so that…
My mind often wanders in various directions. There is no GPS for my brain. It doesn’t go from point A to point B. Instead, it goes from point A, totally bypasses the original destination, pausing for a second at point C, somehow reroutes to point L, which isn’t even on…
These past couple of months have reminded me just how short life can be. My cousin passed away in June a couple of weeks shy of his 47th birthday. Then in early July a good friend told me that he was diagnosed with late-stage bladder cancer and the doctors were…
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…
On a July night in 1998, I had just gotten home from hanging out with a friend and decided to plug the telephone line into our laptop, dial into AOL and check my mail before heading off to bed. Those of you who are of a certain age know the…
It’s been a rather emotional week for us. If you’ve followed James’ story for any length of time, you know we’ve had our ups and downs. The past six and a half years have not been easy on Stacy and me, but we’ve learned to just take one day at…
We did not choose to become parents of a special needs child, the choice was made for us. And as parents of a special needs child, we have been introduced to and become friends with other families with special needs children...some local, others across the country. One of those families…