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Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps

I am seemingly a collection of differences; a mountain man living on the plains, a small town boy living in the city, and a simple soul working in a high-tech environment. I love being outside, but work inside, quick to cry at a Kodak commercial, but with a military background. But most of all, I am the father of a wonderful boy with Cerebral Palsy.

Fundamental Truth Number 1

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- January 29, 2007

It's all about control...

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Photo Challenge, Day 8. The final day.

- February 25, 2017

Barbara over at the always awesome Bad Tempered Zombie has challenged us to post a photo a day that hints at having a story to tell. This is the last pairing of dogs we have had over the years. And is our current set of pooches. Thanks for looking in, and thanks for the challenge Barbara!

Repost: Everyone uses the word, what's your problem

- March 02, 2011

This is from 2009, but I wanted to re-post it because today is "Spread the word to end the word" day. Every time I hear somebody refer to Skyler as "retard" I die a little more inside. Our-kids is a group of over 1000 people who all are people who are in one way or another in the special needs community. Most of us are parents, but there are teachers, doctors, therapists, siblings, and some are the person with the diagnosis. It is a worldwide community, but most are from the United States. We benefit from having an international membership, because it can be quite interesting to hear about viewpoints or medical procedures that are going on in other countries. Over the years, I have had faceless names become close friends, engaged in discussions about body functions you wouldn’t mention to your doctor, and gained a valuable sounding board for advice and ideas. I have grown to care about a lot of these people, and their lives as much as some of my own friend

Random thoughts from a well-medicated brain

- December 23, 2012

I haven't done any serious posts in quite sometime now. Mostly because I have been in a serious rut, and just haven't felt it. But I think the main reason has been the low level (and sometimes high level) of pain that I have been in. Those of you who know me on Facebook know that I have been having a lot of troubles with my back lately. The pain has been intense and I have not been able to help take care of Skyler. This next Thursday the 27th I will be getting a series of 4 shots into the L4-L5 and L5-S1 vertebra to see if that can give me any relief. I certainly hope it does, because I can't live my life on muscle relaxers and narcotic pain killers. Let me rephrase that... I would love to live my life on narcotic pain killers. But I can't, because on occasion I need to think and shit like that... For those of you into the mechanics of the back, the red arrow shows the lack of a disk between L4-L5, and the two blue arrows show the disks that are bulg