Anything else is just another form of chains.
The Myth of Someday
Life is fragile and short. We need to value someday less and today more.
Life is fragile and short. We need to value someday less and today more.
Naming Our Fears
We can hide them. We can hide from them. But they always wander back.
We can hide them. We can hide from them. But they always wander back.
Combat Fatigue
Military life taught me a thing or two about fatigue. Being a special needs father years later taught it to me all over again.
Military life taught me a thing or two about fatigue. Being a special needs father years later taught it to me all over again.
The Clock is Running
No amount of money ever bought a second of time.
No amount of money ever bought a second of time.
Dealing with Anger
How you behave when angry is a choice. And what makes us grown human men and not animals is the delta between how we could behave and how we do.
How you behave when angry is a choice. And what makes us grown human men and not animals is the delta between how we could behave and how we do.
Finding the Grace in Our Marriage
Marriage in a special needs family is many things. Easy is not one of them.
Marriage in a special needs family is many things. Easy is not one of them.
The Truth About Joy
Once you make your peace with it, you’re pretty hard to beat.
Once you make your peace with it, you’re pretty hard to beat.
Gratitude
Special needs fathers, hear me now. It’s the only shot you have.
Special needs fathers, hear me now. It’s the only shot you have.
A Flicker of Hope
Hope says that somewhere things are better than the pain I feel. And one day I’ll get there. That’s all.
Hope says that somewhere things are better than the pain I feel. And one day I’ll get there. That’s all.
Crushed By Guilt
The guilt that erodes the soul of special needs fathers is a brutally toxic force in the dynamic of special needs families.
The guilt that erodes the soul of special needs fathers is a brutally toxic force in the dynamic of special needs families.
When Children Bring a Disruption of Peace
If we view the peace that we seek in life to be separate from what we experience in our journey of parenthood, we will be searching for a long time.
If we view the peace that we seek in life to be separate from what we experience in our journey of parenthood, we will be searching for a long time.
Horizon Mindset
You can’t carry the thoughts of future pain into your present. They’re just too heavy.
You can’t carry the thoughts of future pain into your present. They’re just too heavy.
Finding Faith
In the months after our son’s autism diagnosis, things were unimaginably difficult. For the first time in my life, I prayed.
In the months after our son’s autism diagnosis, things were unimaginably difficult. For the first time in my life, I prayed.
Special Needs Parenting: Pivot and Adjust Your Roles
There’s no easy way to say it. Buckle up. You’re in for a whole lot of work. And none of it is optional.
There’s no easy way to say it. Buckle up. You’re in for a whole lot of work. And none of it is optional.
Grief Isn’t Weakness
My wife told me that our son had been diagnosed with autism over the phone.
My wife told me that our son had been diagnosed with autism over the phone.