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So much happened this week and I don’t know where to start

It's been such a really good week. My stress level is relatively manageable, either that or I'm coping better. Either way, it's a win. So much has happened over the last seven days, I'm not even sure where to begin. I guess I'll just start somewhere. There's been a few new beginning this week. Elliott started his first job, and so far it's going great. He seems to really like it, but he's not used to it yet, so at the end of the day he's exhausted. I also started my new consulting gig. Actually, I started both of the new consulting gigs this week, and I love'em both. I've made some new connections, and it's all good in the business department. The other day, I drove Gavin, and Emmett…

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June 5, 2022

My thoughts

We’re in a pretty good place

I've had a really good day today. I re-entered the land of people who practice self-care and that feels so good. Basically, I went back to the gym after a month long hiatus. Working out is such a positive thing for me, both emotionally and physically. I wasn't making it a priority in my life and I wanted to change that today. When I got home from working out, I felt really good. I had a smoothie and hung out with Gavin and Ruby for a bit. Gavin was lost in a game and Ruby has the deer in the headlights look on her face. Lol The boys seemed to have a good day as well. Gavin got his new glasses. Huge thanks to his grandparents for spearheading that for…

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May 31, 2022

My thoughts

Here’s an update, it’s been a minute

It's been a minute since I've been here. Life is taking me in multiple directions and to be completely honest, I've been struggling. So much has happened over the last few weeks. There's been joy, heartache, victories, COVID, setbacks, and even major milestones. Objectively speaking, life in my house of autism is going well. We had our first battle with COVID since the pandemic began. Elliott, Emmett, and I all experienced mild, allergy-like symptoms for a week or so. Elliott is the only one to actually tested positive for COVID, and Gavin was the only one who didn't appear to be affected. Thankfully, we're all out of quarantine. Elliott missed the last two weeks of the school year because he kept testing positive but everything worked out, and most importantly,…

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May 31, 2022

My thoughts

Summing up my experience at The Converge Autism Summit

At the end of April, I drove to Greenville, South Carolina. They invited me to attend and promote The National Converge Autism Summit, put on by Springbrook Autism Behavioral Health. This was the first time I agreed to attend anything like this before, especially in person. It's been a few weeks, and the dust has settled. I wanted to share how the trip went, and talk a little about my first experience of attending a conference. First, my purpose for being there was to promote the conference. That included documenting my experiences, sharing on social media, and interviewing the keynote speakers. This was a great opportunity to grow professionally, and I took full advantage. It's not every day that I get a chance to sit down with Temple Grandin and…

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May 23, 2022

COVID19 / My thoughts

One day at a time

I spoke with the schools this morning and there's a better than average chance that we're done with school for the year. It ends next week and with Elliott testing positive yesterday, odds are he's done for the year. The same goes for Emmett because he's showing symptoms as well. Emmett, Gavin, and I will retest tomorrow. Gavin's doing fine. No symptoms and he's just carrying on like normal. I feel like shit, if I'm being honest. It's mostly a headache that I can't seem to shake right now but I feel run down, and I could sleep all day, if life allowed. Elliott's been sleeping a lot as well. Emmett seems to be doing okay, but he's always miserable when he has a cold, and his symptoms are similar…

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May 20, 2022

My thoughts

#COVID has struck my household for the 1st time and I’m feeling overwhelmed

I'm going to be honest. The level of overwhelmed that I'm currently at is tough for me to manage. There's a great deal of change occurring in my life all at once and while most of it is positive, not all of it is. To top it all off, we got hit with a whammy tonight. I'll just start out by saying that I realize that I'm not thinking about all this as clearly as I could be. I'm distracted and exhausted. I had to move a meeting this morning because Elliott was home from school and I need to take care of a few things that came up at the last minute. After that, I crashed for a good chunk of the day. Elliott was home sick, Emmett was…

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May 18, 2022

My thoughts

I had an unbelievably good day and yet I’m struggling a little bit

I've had an unbelievably good day. I'm starting a new job that I can't wait to talk about, and it's perfect for me. I'm so freaking excited because it's going to allow me to build a better future for my kids and grow my efforts. It's been a long time coming and I hope I can live up to the expectations. I was able to spend some time talking to my friend Kate Swenson from Finding Cooper's Voice on the pod this morning. She's one of my favorite people and we had a fantastic conversation. I'll let you know when to expect the episode to drop. Can't wait for you to hear it. My friends from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will be on the pod again tomorrow to update…

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May 17, 2022

Elliott / My thoughts / Proud Dad Moments

I couldn’t be prouder

I want to remind all the parents out there to never lose hope. This will be very short and I feel like the picture says it all. My kids have been in a charter school for kids on the spectrum, since kindergarten. The idea of mainstreaming seemed scary and frankly, impossible at times. I always pushed the idea aside thinking I was doing what was best for my kids. I genuinely felt I was doing what was best. Fast forward to Elliott's sophomore year at the charter school and he became the target of bullying that was relentless and not handled well by the school at first. He decided that he wanted to transfer high schools, more than 3/4 of the way through the year. I wasn't very comfortable with…

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May 15, 2022