Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Christmas Eve, 2011

I usually write a Christmas Eve post that is mostly about my own faith, such as it is. I'll certainly link to and quote from one I like,...

I have spent the last twelve years in a state of grace. I've known happiness that I can't describe, and I have felt sadness and fe...

There's a new post at Support for Special Needs for your consideration. It deals with the holidays and how Schuyler's "differ...

I unearthed another short video, this time from Christmas of 2002. Schuyler had just turned three. She didn't care much for her present...

This might be a story of how, in a moment of truth, I failed to properly advocate for Schuyler, and how it ultimately didn't matter. Or...

Right on schedule, my every-other-Monday post at Support for Special Needs is up. Go read my current thoughts on community within the worl...

Yesterday, Schuyler had a very good day. Mostly. After a semester of hard work, Schuyler's beginning band class held an in-school re...

Thanksgiving can be sort of tricky for special needs parents sometimes. Christmas is perhaps a little easier, I think, only because virtues ...

There's a new piece called "The Things Unseen" over at Support for Special Needs . Everyone have a nice Thanksgiving this w...

Much of the life of a special needs parent involves anticipating the worst case scenarios and avoiding them if possible. It never stops, an...

Once again, I've written a piece, this one called "Invisible" , for the fine people over at Support for Special Needs . And t...

Medusa was 100% her idea.

Schuyler's monster stirs at times, like Schuyler herself in the middle of the night. We wait, and we watch, and we hope. We don't ...

The concerns and issues surrounding men's health don't get nearly as much media attention as they should, but it's probably our ...

I wrote a piece called "The Road" for my friends over at Support for Special Needs , on the topic of Schuyler (surprise!) and tra...

Because poor people still like to occasionally have nice things, I tried to get an iPhone. Because big, weaselly companies don't like ...

The internet hasn't been a very happy place lately. Here's a little something, just for fun.