In a rush for a needed break
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...
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Cindy
Aug 11, 20214 min read
So many thoughts...
I might be easily distracted. Kirk would tell you that’s an understatement—just ask him. I’ve been mentally writing about friendship for...
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Kirk
Aug 2, 20214 min read
She's always been there to lift me up
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...
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Kirk
Jul 26, 20215 min read
A necessary, and successful, trip for father and son
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...
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Kirk
Jul 19, 20214 min read
Their elation is my elation too
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...
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Cindy
Jul 13, 20213 min read
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
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...
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Kirk
Jul 5, 20215 min read
At last, we all were on the road again together
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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Cindy
Jun 28, 20216 min read
Don't Ever Change
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Kirk
Jun 21, 20215 min read
Wearing the role of father the best I can
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 –...
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Cindy
Jun 15, 20214 min read
I'm Impressed
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...
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Kirk
Jun 7, 20214 min read
A snapshot into a successful freshman year
Over the last few years, I’ve come to enjoy seeing pictures on social media of my friends’ and acquaintances’ children as they...
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Cindy
Jun 1, 20214 min read
The View from the Bleachers
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...
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Kirk
May 24, 20215 min read
I know baseball was a hit for my son
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...
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Cindy
May 18, 20214 min read
Ouch
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...
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Kirk
May 10, 20214 min read
Seeing how Autism unites us
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...
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Cindy
May 3, 20215 min read
A Tour of Our Normal
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...
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Kirk
Apr 26, 20214 min read
There's still far to go, even after 50 years
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...
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Cindy
Apr 19, 20214 min read
Celebrating a Good Week
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...
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Kirk
Apr 12, 20214 min read
Our first real game of catch
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...
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Kirk
Apr 5, 20215 min read
What Autism awareness means to me
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...
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