This parenting of a special needs individual comes with additional perks that typical parents are probably so green with envy they can barely string the words together to express it.   This morning, I get to take my delightful self to the social security office.  You...

If you have been reading my blog awhile, you understand that I enjoy being of limited service.  In other words, I am happy to be a source of help to my tribe, but outside of that I am selective.   It might make me look a little selfish, bitchy,  and a string of other...

This marks the first day of school where I am not actually sending a human into the world by providing a nutritious breakfast or making them pose for a mandatory photo.  I asked Bryce if he could do a selfie and send it to me.  I knew what the answer would be. The...

Yesterday, Bailey played in a regional tournament for Special Olympics softball.  It was the second game of the tournament and if they won, we would be heading to state.   I missed the first game held on Friday night to attend a football game with my youngest who came...

Yesterday, I heard someone say, "do what you can, not what other people want you to do".  I love the sentiment and it is so fitting for this time in my life.   Of course, I want to be of service to others.  Not too much because I might be a little selfish, not a fan...

During our roofing project, it came to the attention of the field supervisor that our chimney had some bricks that needed repair.  I was hearing drips into the fireplace, so he assumed that it was the holes and gaps formed in the bricks that were the culprit.  Since...

After being with Brian for over 28 years, we have had some ridiculous disagreements.  They are all contingent on how immature one or both of us are.  If one of us decides to be mature and take the high-road, then we can usually come to a peaceful resolution quite...

Yesterday we conquered the task of bringing the rest of Bryce's items that will fill in the missing pieces his new dorm is craving.  You know, like a television and a plunger.  The necessities that every male requires.   The television out of sheer pleasure and the...

Yesterday morning, I heard a loud thump as if something had fallen downstairs.  I head to the top of the stairs and ask Bailey what the noise was and he responds, "I fell,".   "Are you all right?"   "What made you fall?"   He responds that he slipped in water. ...

There are countless articles written to "assist" with the transition of one's child going off to college.  It is all very similar to the baby books and all the "helpful" resources telling people how to navigate raising a child.   For the record,  I tossed those...