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Cindy
Jan 17, 20204 min read
I didn't get a castle...
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...
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Jan 15, 20204 min read
Screen time is how he unwinds
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...
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Kirk
Jan 13, 20205 min read
Wanted: a good night's sleep (please)
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...
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Cindy
Jan 9, 20205 min read
Doing the Potty Rants...
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...
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Cindy
Jan 9, 20201 min read
Something New on the Site
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...
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Kirk
Jan 7, 20204 min read
A triumph -- times two
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...
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Cindy
Jan 4, 20207 min read
The Highlight of 2019
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...
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Kirk
Jan 2, 20204 min read
Welcome back, normal
I took an introductory course to mass communications my first semester in college. The discussion during one of the first classes...
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Kirk
Dec 29, 20195 min read
Trying to be a better caregiver
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...
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Cindy
Dec 26, 20194 min read
Big Shot
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...
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Kirk
Dec 24, 20194 min read
The very hungry teenager
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...
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Kirk
Dec 21, 20194 min read
A Christmas wish
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...
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Cindy
Dec 19, 20194 min read
The Island of Misfit Parents
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...
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Cindy
Dec 16, 20195 min read
Our (theoretically) Annual Holiday Letter
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...
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Kirk
Dec 14, 20194 min read
Her help is like good medicine
I've never liked going to the doctor, for reasons I likely will share sometime in the future. But Mary Scheurich, my pediatrician for...
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Cindy
Dec 11, 20193 min read
Thank You, But...
Today we spoke briefly with the board of directors of the organization where Nolan gets his therapy services. (It's okay to be totally...
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Kirk
Dec 9, 20195 min read
Chaos is our name
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...
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Cindy
Dec 8, 20194 min read
Let there be cake
Today, Nolan turned 14. As I mentioned before, we celebrated with an overnight stay out of town last night. Now we’re home, recovering...
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Kirk
Dec 5, 20193 min read
In Dad he trusts
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,...
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