Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Here's an embarrassing but perhaps amusing story for you. (Before you ask, no, Schuyler was not home for this incident. It would not h...

S Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Well, here we are. This morning saw an event that has loomed in the future, not as a bad thing, but ju...

Baby Schuyler Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob I had a memory pop into my head tonight, kind of out of nowhere. It was the fall of 1999, ...

Us Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Waiting two months to see a neurologist sounds like a long time, even though I'm told that it'...

Flygirl Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob You watch for the big monsters. You brace for them, wait for them to come so you can wrestle wit...

There's been a recurring theme recently in disability blogs and other online forums. Writers, mostly parents, are making lists of ...

Both this blog and my book have made it to the finals of the About.com Readers' Choice Awards . It would be extra super swell if you...

A monster named Sam. Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob I got a reasonable, respectfully worded comment (God, how refreshing) regarding m...

Pondering monsters Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob "...Heaven have mercy on us all - Presbyterians and Pagans alike - for we are...

All parents have a narrative for their children. Some are blatant and perhaps a little horrible, like the ones on a television show that Jul...

Green Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob One of the enduring mysteries of Schuyler is also one of the most interesting, and least quantifiab...

Monster hat Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob So, 2011. What have you got? I'm not going to lie. 2010 was a rough year for us, in way...

Schuyler wasn't due until January of 2000. When she was born two weeks early, we tossed out the middle name we had chosen (Helena, in h...

R & S Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Conversation in the car, earlier tonight. Me: Are you okay? Schuyler: Yeah. Me: You seem ...

Schuyler on my birthday Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Schuyler is growing up so quickly, and while I know that's something that eve...

I don't usually cross-post much, and I tend to keep the diabetes talk off this blog, for the simple reason that it tends to bring out th...