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I wish I could share with you an interesting story, a hilarious anecdote, and/or a photograph that will make you say, “Awwww, that’s...

Sometimes it feels like we live in a fishbowl. Okay, most of the time. Not literally, of course. I mean, there’s no colorful gravel...

Nolan’s teacher sent me a text Tuesday morning warning me the school bus had gotten stuck in the snow somewhere and would be late getting...

This is a picture of Nolan’s bedroom early Sunday morning. As you can see, it’s a tad messy. Oh, it’s not even close to the destruction...

Can I just take a moment to rant a little? You know what-- I'm going to whether you want me to or not... It's my blog and by the time...

This isn't a real post... But I wanted to let you know about a little enhancement we've added to the site! We've now got a Forum where...

I pulled into the school parking lot Monday morning and saw what I expected to see: Nolan refusing to get on the bus that would take him...

So I already filled you in on Nolan’s first concert, but that’s not the only thing we did this year. After we were finally settled into...

I took an introductory course to mass communications my first semester in college. The discussion during one of the first classes...

I don’t remember doing what my mom’s friend said I had done. By my best guess, it was sometime in the very early 1980s. Mom had bumped...

We survived The Christmas, you guys… I hope you did too! Now that we’ve made it through the biggest scramble of our holiday season, I’ve...

I left the bathroom Monday morning and went to look for Nolan. I didn’t have to look far. There he was, standing in front of me between...

Do you see that little kid in the foreground of the photograph? Man, he’s sure happy. It was Christmas Eve, 1973 – maybe 1974 – when...

So last week, we went to talk to the Board of Directors at the organization where Nolan gets his summer and after school services. What...

Just a quick note before I jump right in here… We celebrate Christmas in our household. It’s been a part of our collective family since...

I've never liked going to the doctor, for reasons I likely will share sometime in the future. But Mary Scheurich, my pediatrician for...

Today we spoke briefly with the board of directors of the organization where Nolan gets his therapy services. (It's okay to be totally...

So, what is “Our Chaos,” other than a catchy name for a blog Cindy and I hope has so far both entertained and informed our audience, and...

Today, Nolan turned 14. As I mentioned before, we celebrated with an overnight stay out of town last night. Now we’re home, recovering...

The newborn baby stopped crying for a brief moment and our eyes met as he lay on the scale. It seemed as if he was studying me intently,...