Inclusion. The word has taken on a life of its own in the last decade or so. Most often it is associated with making certain that...

Sixty seconds. What can you do in sixty seconds? Left unsupervised for that amount of time, Noah can cause a devastating amount of...

If you’ve ever been on a church greeter team or a hospitality crew for a church, you know how much time and effort is invested in making...

Its World Autism Awareness Day.. and National Autism Awareness Month.. and I’m conflicted because it just feels like another day.. just...

There are few things as powerful as the fire of a special needs parent. Sometimes that fire is a burning anger, fueled by an injustice...

Yep. There is definitely a bruise.. Someone had kicked my son.. Not just someone. It was an adult who we trusted to care for him at his...

Fear has no idea how strong she really is.. In her mind, fear often fabricates that she is too defeated, and battle worn for the next...

On a good day, I look upon the broken pieces with a stupefied admiration for our ability to overcome. On a bad day I am resentful of how...

Let’s just end the debate right now. Noah’s smile is hands down the greatest smile in the history of smiling smiles. When he wants to...

“Potty” training. You know you’re in trouble when the word “potty” is no longer socially appropriate to use because of the age of your...

The three finger salute. Used in the movies and books in the Hunger Games series, it is a unique and meaningful gesture. For those not...

Well folks, it’s been a tough week. It’s been one of those weeks where if it can go awry it has. It’s been so overwhelming that I am...

“Wow that’s awesome!.. What is it?” Some variation of that refrain was what I heard most often when I told them about the call. It’s the...

“My house! Is out of the ordinary,” is one of the lines from the early 1980’s new wave hit “Burning Down the House”. Upon closer...

Would Noah be okay? Would I be okay? “Telling a special needs parent that they’ll get ‘through this’ is a lie,” wrote special needs mom &...

Sensitive: (adj) quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals or influences. When I hear someone described as sensitive, I don’t...

I’ve crossed paths with many people over the years who have said some variation of “I don’t know how you do it. You’re such a strong...