Panic! in the Cub Scouts
Panic didn’t want to go to cub-scouts tonight because he didn’t want to leave his “favorite toy car” at home. No amount of cajoling, prodding, poking, bribing, etc. would change his mind. No amount of explaining that tonight we’re going to go and be with his friends and learn about the flag ceremony and this [...]
Some days start off badly…
…and then just go downhill from there. It wasn’t too bad, at first. Until I realized that it was 8am and I’d forgotten to set the alarm. Until I realized that I had forgotten to turn the door-chime back on that lets us know when our escape-artist children have wandered out of the house. (They [...]
Government Run Healthcare or Private run?
When my son, Aidan, was denied *ALL* health coverage because of his high-functioning Autism the health-insurance industry became my mortal enemy. Trading private insurance for government insurance may not be the best solution, but as long as our healthcare system remains a “for profit” industry children like my beloved middle child will be cast off [...]
Sometimes he’s Autistic…
…And sometimes he’s just a brat. Panic is a cub-scout. Has been since the wife failed to duck fast enough when they were asking for volunteers to lead a den in the local Cub Scout Pack. Last weekend was the annual “Rain-gutter Regatta” and it’s something that we’ve known about for months. Which is why [...]
To the Car Store:
My wife brought this to my attention, and while I’m posting a link to the PDF, I’ll translate it here for you: ToTheCarStore “To Some Family: Please take good care of our station-wagon. From: Aidan” What makes this so special is that Aidan – who I usually refer to as “Panic” spent the time to [...]
The last frontier in civil rights..
Meet Aidan. (I’m not one to use my son’s real name in a post, but this is an unusual post) Aidan is 6. He’s a hyper-intelligent kid, loves legos and Nintendo and Spongebob Squarepants like any other 6-year-old. He smiles, hugs, runs, jumps, plays, is learning to read, is rocketing through Kindergarten, and is happy, [...]
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