Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

There’s a dream I’ve had repeatedly in my life, including quite recently. In this dream, I am driving down a long, remote West Texas road at...

Here’s a fun fact that I just recently learned. When they (the people who make up such things, almost certainly with a clipboard in hand) de...

Last week I had a heart catheter procedure, to measure the amount of blockage in my shitty, shitty heart and possible put in a stent or two....

So I guess I’m going to talk about this thing, which has nothing to do with disability advocacy or Schuyler, except of course it does, becau...

I’ve always known that this fall, and I mean specifically the autumn of 2017, was going to be a big deal. The numbers line up in an intere...

I haven't written much about Las Vegas. Part of the reason is that it turns out Schuyler and I have a random weird association with the ...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Schuyler's world just became much, much larger, and as it turns out, that scares her...

There's a quote that seems to originate from a number of sources, which isn't surprising since it's not terribly original. But...

When Schuyler was little, and I mean very little, back before she was even a real person just yet, I would worry about things. Some of my ...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   When I think back to my high school years, there's a significant difference between ...

I wrote a Father's Day piece for my friends over at BridgingApps . They're great people and I'm honored that they're featur...

"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.&qu...

It's still complicated.

I don't return home to Odessa very often. Probably not nearly enough, anyway. It's been almost three decades since I actually lived ...

At Support for Special Needs : I’m not sure I’d call any of these "resolutions". But as we march off into 2014, I will try to be...

Today at Support for Special Needs : As parents, we’re probably almost certainly unprepared for the disabilities of our children, at least...

This morning, over at Support for Special Needs : If Schuyler feels comfortable with even a few people in a gathering, she's a social ...

Mothers and fathers have very different relationships with their children. I would never try to describe Schuyler's relationship with he...