The Only Time I Ever Played Scrabble
It was a cold, dark and stormy night way back on December 22nd, 2011 and Lisa and I had a 684 kilometer journey ahead of us. We were...
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- Dec 11, 2021
- 6 min
A Christmas Gift Guide for That Special Girl With Rett Syndrome
We’re just two weeks away from the big day. How did it creep up on us so fast again, right? But you know what? I’m ready for it this...
- Oct 29, 2021
- 5 min
29 Days of Purple... and I'm Exhausted!
Today is Rett Syndrome Awareness Day, but I'm exhausted. For me... EVERY day is Rett Syndrome Awareness Day. And it never gets easier.
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 min
Today Was IEP Day
What are your greatest strengths? How about your weaknesses? Often we only think of these questions when we’re preparing for an...
- Aug 22, 2021
- 5 min
The Law of Attraction
This story begins in 2010. I had just hung up my chefs jacket for the final time and was beginning a new career in live events and...
- Feb 3, 2021
- 7 min
Exposed
I think most, if not all parents have struggled at one point in time or another to get their toddler or preschooler to eat new foods. ...
- Feb 3, 2021
- 2 min
MS Read-a-Thon
Where are my readers at? If you’re following my social media accounts, with my endless, character capped captions and links to even more...
- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
2021 Twenty: Figure Out Kindergarten Transition for My Twins
It is devastating for me to realize that in June five years will have passed since my twins were born. As I mentioned in previous blogs,...
- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
2021 Twenty: Go Ice Skating with Ethan
So, just yesterday I told you how I was raised like a typical Canadian boy. Skating by the time I was 3 or 4 and playing in little...
- Jan 17, 2021
- 4 min
2021 Twenty: Register Liam in Pee Wee Football
I grew up watching NHL hockey like every little Canadian boy. I learnt to skate at a young age seeing as we literally lived across the...
- Jan 11, 2021
- 3 min
2021 Twenty: 20 Minute Memories
The next goal that I want to add to my list of twenty is to create daily, 20-minute memories with my kids. This was a brilliant concept...
- Jan 10, 2021
- 4 min
2021 Twenty: Take One Evening Off Every Week
If you thought my goal yesterday of writing a book was a big goal, today's goal is even more ambitious. Although, I’m certain I will get...
- Dec 20, 2020
- 7 min
Christmas Baking
On the list of my Top 10 Pet Peeves is going to a recipe blog and having to “read” (aka: scroll as fast as possible) for seventeen...
- Oct 24, 2020
- 2 min
Hit With a Snowball
Have you ever had “one of those days”? You know... the days where you feel like every which way you turn, you get hit with another...
- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
Running Out of Gas
When was the last time you ran out of gas? And also, when was the last time your VEHICLE ran out of gas?!? For me… both occurred today....
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
Presence Is Better Than Presents
What do you get Dad for Father’s Day? Finding that perfect gift is always a daunting task. I know this to be true because I don’t even...
- Jun 18, 2020
- 2 min
Grab Your Toolbox
“Daddy, what needs fixing?” is what I think Ethan said as he dropped to the floor and opened his toolbox in front of me. Imaginative play...
- Jun 16, 2020
- 2 min
Flipped, Turned Upside Down
Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down. I think most special needs parents can relate to that famous...
- Jun 8, 2020
- 2 min
Dad Blogger of the Year
The voting for the Dad Blogger of the Year has begun, and once again I am so excited and grateful to have even been nominated! Writing...
- May 30, 2020
- 4 min
The Invisible Iceberg
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is often described as an invisible illness or the "iceberg disease". It is one of the analogies I like best. ...