Quarantine Haircuts

This may not seem like a big deal to most. Although right now most people are wishing they could get their hair cut during quarantine. In general, most kids will get their haircut with no real fuss. Maybe a little but not full out knock down fight.  Since day one Auggie has had an issue

Auggie is Auggie and Man is He Brave

Auggie has Autism……… There. I have finally written the words out. This is one of the hardest things I have ever written down. The reason this is hard…it’s not because we are ashamed or worried. I don’t want anyone to look at my son any differently than they did before his diagnosis. The term is

Welp…2020

Welp…… Maybe I shouldn’t have said I was going to try and write a new post each week this year. I have written one time since then and that post never made it to the website. How could have we known how much our lives would change in 2020? Really? It feels like we have

Finding the FRESHEST produce during COVID-19

Well, it’s been a week for us in self-isolation and it’s had its ups and downs. I’m in so many group chats. Some of the things I consistently hear are: “I can’t find eggs” “I can’t find produce” “I hate going to the grocery store!” It’s not easy. Right now, those that are practicing self-isolation

The Small Things

We all have damage. See those smiling faces. The man began this relationship with insomnia, nightmares, and a sense of urgency because things usually fell apart. The woman began with a wall so high that it took a great love to break it down and had her world shattered just a few years after marriage

Our first Revamped Year

We looked back at all the shenanigans that we got into last year. By shenanigans, we mean family time. This was a fun video to make. When most people look back over there past year, they do not have a sequential list of videos, evidence to look at for the past year. Its kind of

Happy New Year!

I am writing this around Christmas time, so of course, this topic would come to my mind. Right around the corner will be the New Year. This will bring on the famous New Year’s resolutions. I try not to have too many resolutions. Mainly because I want to have resolutions all year long. Sure, there

The Best Christmas Gifts are Free

[Written last year…] Today, as I was driving my son to school, there was a fire truck with its lights flashing, and siren blaring. This truck was headed somewhere important and needed to get there fast. Auggie was letting me know, as all three-year old’s do, that “There is a fire truck Daddy”. So, we

Pumpkin Love

Buy a pumpkin feed a child. What a great idea! If nothing else this is great marketing. This brings us back every year. Granted they do not make a penny off their efforts. All the money this pumpkin patch makes goes back to feed a child in need.  We have been bringing Auggie to this

Opt Outside on Black Friday

Black Friday. A holiday that has really become black Thursday in many cases. One of the things that make us the saddest is that we find more and more families are not having Thanksgiving dinner. Instead, they are having a pre-Black Friday meal. Conversations are not about what we are thankful for and the gratitude