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Why don’t we talk about #Depression?

There's so many things that we as a society talk about all the time. I can't turn on the TV or radio without being inundated with information. Every day, I hear people talk about the latest scandal in the White House, missiles in North Korea, what celebrity's marriage is falling apart or even debating the season finale of a popular TV show.. I'm not going to say that we shouldn't be talking about some of those things because we should be able to talk about anything. As a society, I'd like to think we've evolved enough, that there shouldn't be things we can't have serious conversations about, Depression being one of them. We're at the tail end of 2017, and it's still taboo to talk about getting help for depression,…

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September 20, 2017

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One of the kindest things you can do for an #Autism parent

I know it's not possible for every Autism parent in the world to take a daily nap. If I were in charge, I would make it so that every Autism parent would be able to nap. I consider myself to be one of the lucky one's, because naps aren't always impossible for me to get if needed, at least most of the time. As Autism parents, we have to parent twenty-five hours a day, eight-days a week, three hundred sixty-six days a year, and oftentimes do so for the rest of our natural lives. There's few breaks and when we get one, we spend it worrying about our kids. The level of exhaustion is beyond comprehension, as well as my ability to adequately articulate said exhaustion. Unfortunately, in many cases,…

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September 14, 2017

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I think we may have something in common

It doesn't matter if your kids are special needs or not, kids drive their parents crazy. As a member of both parenting and special needs parenting communities, I'm often trying to find ways to help people better understand what the special needs community is going through. One of the best ways to do this is by finding common ground. For a long time, I thought that common ground was the fact that we all love our kids. It's true, we all love our kids, regardless of anything and everything. It occurred to me this afternoon however, we have something else in common as well. Our kids can and will drive us crazy. There's no way around it and no way to avoid it. Kids drive their parents crazy at…

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August 27, 2017

Inspirational Posts / My thoughts

Is there a monster at the end of my book?

I turned 39 yesterday and I want to thank everyone for all the well wishes. I truly appreciate it. I've never been one that was bothered by birthdays or getting older. If you ask Lizze, she'll tell you she sometimes feels like she has four kids. That being said, this is a big one and I'm not sure how I feel about it. Have you ever read There's a monster at the end of this book? It's a kids book staring Grover from Sesame Street. The story is about Grover thinking there was a monster at the end of the book. Each page was a desperate plea to get the reader to stop reading. If the reader didn't continue reading, pages wouldn't be turned and the end of the book…

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August 25, 2017

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Who’s born hating others?

I wanted to take a few minutes and reach out to my fellow parents because I think that's the best approach in stopping hate before it begins. Trying to reach those neck deep in hate already, is mostly a fruitless endeavor. With all that's been going on in our country over the last few weeks with nazi groups, white nationalists and the KKK, we need to take a serious look at how we're raising our kids. No one is born hating other people, that's a learned condition. We aren't born inherently hating those who are different than ourselves, we learn to do that. As parents, it's so important to realize that our kids learn from us. I know that may seem like commonsense, but clearly it's not for everyone. Our…

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August 19, 2017

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Special Needs Parenting decisions are NOT easy

Lizze and I have found ourselves back in a place where we have to make decisions about Gavin's life that simply aren't always black and white. Gavin has an extraordinary amount of health issues, and they require us to make very difficult decisions all the time. The most recent round of difficult decisions are in regards to his current blood disorder. We're referring it to as a blood disorder because that's essentially what it is. This problem involves transient levels across all his cell lines. Transient means that the levels keep going down and back up. In this case, some of Gavin's levels dropped within .03 of having to be immediately hospitalized if he were to run a fever. While his numbers have climbed back out of the immediate danger…

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August 13, 2017

Inspirational Posts / My thoughts

Sharing our journey with #Autism, Fragile health, #Bipolar and major #Depression

If you've checked out Lizze's blog, you will learn that she's really struggling with depression right now. Please understand that when she's writing about how she's feeling or what she's experiencing, she's not looking for sympathy. Her mission, much like mine, is to help people understand what it's like to go through something. In her case, she's sharing her experience with Bipolar II. It's easy to look at what either of us writes about and feel as though we're being negative. It's important to understand that many times, raising kids with Autism, or living with something like Bipolar disorder, can be very negative. That's not meant to be a reflection on the people with either condition because it's not. The only way to help people better understand what it's like to…

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August 6, 2017

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Confessions of an #Autism Dad: What I’ve learned from doubting myself

I don't know how many people ever feel this way, let alone admit it, but there are times where I seriously question what the powers that be were thinking when they put me on this path. Being a parent is hard enough. Adding Autism, fragile health, and several other serious mental health issues into the mix, makes things infinitely more difficult. As Autism parents, we have to function twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, fifty two weeks a year, sometimes for the rest of our natural lives. We may never experience an empty nest. It's exhausting, overwhelming, frustrating, heartbreaking, and even devastating at times. The stress level alone doesn't even qualify as stress. In reality, there isn't a word that can accurately express the level of stress…

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July 30, 2017