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A massive overdue and heartbreaking update

It's been a few days since I've written much and there's a few reasons for that. Firstly, the podcast is gaining traction and it's requiring a good bit of my time. Secondly, I'm having a hard time focusing on writing. Thirdly, and this ties in with difficulties in focusing, I'm struggling in general. With the holidays approaching, I'm beginning to face the reality that my family has been torn apart. It's not like I didn't already know that but the holidays are really important to me. It's like, no matter what else is going on around me, I had my wife and kids. At the end of the day, that's all that mattered. The holidays are all about family and now mine is broken. It's going to be hard for…

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November 8, 2019

My thoughts / Podcast / Season 2

Melissa Hruza on adoptaclassroom.org and funding teachers? (S2E5)

This week Melissa Hruza, Director of Marketing and Corporate Sponsorships at adoptaclassroom.org stopped by to discuss how they are helping teachers and students all over the country, find the funding they need. So many teachers have to pay for classroom necessities out of their own pocket and that's simply unacceptable. Adoptaclassroom.org is a national, award-winning nonprofit that provides the most flexible and accountable funding for K-12 teachers and schools throughout the U.S. Their proprietary, easy-to-use education fundraising platform helps teachers, principals, and administrators give every child the tools they deserve to succeed in school. Since 1998, they have raised more than $36 million and supported 4.5 million students. As a 501(c)(3) organization, they hold a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. In other words, they are doing amazing things for our…

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November 7, 2019

My thoughts / Sponsored Post

How to Save Big by Parking at LAX Airport Hotels

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November 5, 2019

My thoughts

I’m not ready for this but I have no choice

The boys got to school on time but I didn't go walking because we were rained out. As a result, I spent the morning editing audio for Friday's podcast release. You can get caught up here. I'm really excited about the next two episodes because they are with incredible organizations that do amazing work in the community. I was able to get most of the audio done while Gavin was sleeping this morning. At the moment, we're currently waiting for the kids to walk out of the school. They've been having a much easier time going recently and that's always positive. As I mentioned before, it's going to be a short week. Thursday we have parent teacher conferences and to be completely honest, it's going to be a very uncomfortable…

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November 5, 2019

My thoughts

I feel like I’m finally beginning to catch my breath

I'm exhausted. I'm so tired I forgot to bake pepperoni rolls before going to bed tonight. I suddenly remembered and dragged myself downstairs to get that done. It only took about an hour, so not a huge deal. There wouldn't be time in the morning. It's been a really positive day. At least, that's how I feel anyway. I recorded an interview this morning with an absolutely amazing organization out of New Jersey, that is devoted to the special needs community. I was speechless at times during the interview because I'm so amazed by what they're doing. That will air next Friday. After the kids got home from school today, I had a second interview. The kids did amazingly well in the let Daddy work department today. I'm both grateful…

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November 4, 2019

Everyday Life Lessons / My thoughts

I’m so insanely f*cking proud of my kids this weekend

I wanted to share something cool that happened while at the grocery store this weekend. I'm always working with my kids on life skills and putting them in real-world situations, so they can learn to navigate life. Grocery shopping presents many such opportunities and I took advantage of one yesterday. As I've mentioned several times, I'm making the boys homemade pepperoni rolls for their school lunches. I buy pizza dough and sliced sandwich pepperoni every week and bake them fresh every other day. While at the store, I asked Gavin if he thought he could go to the deli and order 1lb of thin sliced, sandwich pepperoni. He said he'd try. I stood back as a reasonable distance and watched him. I was close enough that I could help him…

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November 3, 2019

My thoughts / New Beginnings

I know some won’t agree with my approach and frankly, I don’t f*cking care

Man, I didn't sleep well last night. Emmett ended up in my room pretty early on. He tried for hours to fall asleep in his bed but couldn't. As soon as his head hit the pillow, after returning to my room, ahe was out like a light. He's really struggling with feeling safe and there's a fine line between enabling that fear and helping him to work through it. I don't feel comfortable banning him from my room at night. He's been traumatized twice now and is terrified that I'm going to leave him too. How do I turn him away and force him to sleep in fear? At the same time, this obviously can't go on forever and I personally need him back in his own bed at night.…

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November 3, 2019

Inspirational Posts / My thoughts

A simple act of kindness towards a fellow #Autism parent

I was at the grocery store today with my kids. Walmart to be exact and the kids were doing pretty well. I was a little frustrated with them but truthfully, that's more on me and less than them. We were at the register, unloading the massive amount of groceries so they could be scanned and bagged. Behind us in line was a mother and her adult son. If I had to guess, I would say the son was in his twenties. What caught my attention however, was the fact that her son was Autistic. As a parent to three Autistic kids, I can usually tell. Everyone is different but there's times when I can just tell. I think many Autism parents possess that same skill set. The mother had silver…

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November 2, 2019