I find myself being drawn lately to things that never held much interest for me before. Like tennis… why am I suddenly slightly curious about what’s going on at Wimbleton? I’ve never had anything against tennis, I’ve just never followed it professionally. But now it seems a little interesting. Maybe because we picked up four kid-sized […]

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A broad heading, I know - what I want. But I have been thinking for so long about what I want for this family and I feel compelled to capture some of the key aspects, the less tangible things. Of course we need (want/need) a bigger house. Four bedrooms at least, five or six would […]

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Two months ago, Davey started using the PECS system of communication at school. In brief, PECS entails a picture exchange. The “speaker” selects an image (photo or symbol) from a set of cards and hands it to the “listener” to communicate wants, needs, moods, etc. PECS can communicate a single want, like a drink or […]

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We were going to wait until it was officially Father’s Day to present Dex with his gift, but the big brown truck arrived yesterday and if I’d made Edward wait FOUR WHOLE DAYS his head would have burst in anticipation (and mine from the pestering and pleading). So last night we plopped the box in front of […]

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I’ve woken up the past two mornings feeling a little disoriented. Something is different. Then I remember. Two nights ago, Dex and I pulled the plug on listing the house. The realtor was scheduled to meet with us Thursday morning to sign the listing papers but on Wednesday night, Dex and I finally had the conversation […]

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