A Little Chaos Theory

Today is Father’s Day, the 8th such day that Scott has celebrated. He’s a good one, despite his lack of interest in changing poopy diapers. The bond that he and the boys share is strong. I watch him with our sons and my heart melts.
I also spend today thinking about my Dad. I’ve rarely talked [...]

Today is my mother-in-law’s birthday.  I won’t say how old she is because although she doesn’t know about this blog I’m sure that if I tell anyone who passes through her age karma will come back to bite me in the nose.  And I don’t know about you, but I have quite enough karma going [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about autism since the day the bottom dropped out of my world a few weeks ago. I even had a blog entry sort of outlined in my mind when the plague hit, and since then things have been so crazy that I haven’t had time to do much of [...]

I’m tired.  We’ve driven close to 2000 miles so far, and as of right now I’m somewhere in Utah still 2 days from home.  We’ve survived - actually, we’ve triumphed over the challenges of illness (in multiple forms that you do NOT want me to describe in detail), snow (and I mean lots of snow [...]

Roegen’s 2nd birthday was yesterday.  On the one hand, I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the idea that it has been so long.  On the other hand, hearing him say “mine” and “no” every 30 seconds reinforces the idea that he has left babyhood behind.
It’s amazing how quickly children grow and change [...]

There were four in the bed and the little ones said “roll over, roll over.” So they all rolled over and Mommy fell out.
With Scott out of town, the boys have been worried about my getting lonely. While the sentiment is nice, what it translates into is them sleeping with me. Last [...]

“Jude, you have to look at the flag and put your hand over your heart.”
“But I don’t want to.”
“It’s important.”
“Ohhhh-kay.”
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
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Jude opens the door and pokes his head into the bathroom. “Mommy, being a kid is hard.” I resist the urge to point out that hardship is the inability to pee in privacy when I see the serious expression on his face - the blue eyes peering intently at me beneath tousled hair.
“What’s wrong?”
“I don’t [...]

Chaos Theory is the theory that looks at how nonlinear and dynamic systems interact with each other. While from a scientific basis those systems actually do have a type of symmetry to them they appear to act randomly and on their own, separately yet together.
Breydon is a child that craves order and consistency. If [...]

Home is where the heart is. That’s how the old saying goes, anyway. But what happens when your heart is in two different places?
I have always loved Alaska. I moved there in 1991 when I was still young, single, and wanting adventure. I didn’t expect my residency there to last long because [...]