It’s a neighborhood concert night and everything is perfect — the weather is comfortable and sunny; the music is so awesome; there are familiar faces everywhere from our little Lake Linganore community. Oh, and there is a group of boys playing football in a circle just below our chairs. There’s about eight of them and […]

The walk along the tunnel towpath is a little over 3, 100 feet long and follows an uneven path with only a two-by-four barrier — in the darkness. It was the middle of a picnic and hiking adventure in the middle of our weekend camping trip with friends and that tunnel had the great power […]

Summer 2016, Photo courtesy of Dani T Photography Zack’s got some moves.  Swinging arms? CHECK. Hip shaking? Oh, yeah. Can he get down and breakdance? Yup.  And does he do it all with a smile? You know it! Music has always been huge for Zack. We’ve used it in therapies; we’ve even added music therapy to his […]

Zack got this awesome superhero cape from our cousins Matt & Jacquie, who asked him to be their Ring Bearer this past summer. ADORABLE! We LOVE how many new words we can understand from Zack each week. Some days, he comes home from a day of school, therapies, bus rides and playing outside and sits […]

Zack, Spring 2017 40 pages. Today’s IEP paperwork is 40 pages long.  Now don’t get me wrong — I realize the IEP is the best single item to create a perfect learning situation and all our future goals for Zack. I know, this, I do.  But IEP Day is my least-favorite day of the year (with […]

With our neighbors, new friends and Trick-orTreat team! (Zack was Popeye — again! and Addie was Twilight Sparkle, a My Little Pony) One of the hardest-to-predict days for Zack is by far Halloween. Z-Man has some pretty significant sensory issues — they can range from itchy tags on a shirt to startling noise and even […]

Zachary is 7 years old and, in many ways, just like any seven-year-old boy: He loves to play sports, especially football; he can play a little rough with his little sister; he can be so ornery and stubborn.  He goes to school every weekday. He plays outside in our backyard. He tries to sneak candy […]