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Take a look at this picture I snapped two years ago. Perhaps your eyes are directed toward the sun trying to peak through the haze. I...

I might be easily distracted. Kirk would tell you that’s an understatement—just ask him. I’ve been mentally writing about friendship for...

Cindy and I got married 18 years ago today. I felt incredible happiness when we went on our first date in January 2002. That happiness...

I freely admit that Cindy does an excellent job with Nolan when she takes him on road trips. Our recent family outing, the first one...

One of the best things that has come out of Nolan’s Autism diagnosis 13 years ago is the relationships Cindy and I have built over the...

They say change is inevitable, and that’s as true for us as it is for anyone. It’s hard to ignore change these days with a rapidly...

Cindy, Nolan and I are content in the picture you see above, and we’re also a little on the tired side, even if you can’t see it. You...

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I’ve been a father now for 15½ years. Several of my pre-fatherhood memories are like the faded pictures in my family’s photo albums –...

I need to stop letting Nolan surprise me. I guess what I mean is, I need to stop underestimating him. Seriously, I’ve known him for 15 ½...

Over the last few years, I’ve come to enjoy seeing pictures on social media of my friends’ and acquaintances’ children as they...

I know you’ve heard a bit from us about the Adaptive Sports League that Nolan participated in this year… Okay maybe more than a bit, but...

Nolan’s first full season as a high school athlete as a member of his school’s Adaptive Sports League indoor baseball team has come to an...

Pain is a strange thing. It comes in so many different shapes and sizes, and it comes from countless sources—aging joints, a misstep onto...

On Sunday, I showed off these photographs of Nolan that were Cindy’s Mother’s Day present. I also shared that they were taken by a high...

So as I’m sure you’ve figured out by now, many of the things that are normal in our home aren’t normal in most homes. But normal is...

I’ll be celebrating my 50th birthday in a few days. And I thought a long time about how I should commemorate spending half a century on...

If you’ve been here long, you know that we regularly talk about the ups and downs of raising our autistic teen. Admittedly, we often talk...

Having a child with Autism who also is nonverbal – as is the case with my son, Nolan – has in no way meant we haven’t been able to forge...

World Autism Awareness Day came and went Friday, and I did nothing to acknowledge it this year. It had been my custom on April 2nd the...