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Best Ever Bowling Score

October 22, 2017

Zack earned his best ever bowling score at today’s tournament: 61. That nearly rivals me! His team got Silver Medals – another…

October 20, 2017

Zack’s bowling tourney is this Sunday morning. The season has been a short four weeks this year, and it’s gone by fast. I love it…

September 17, 2017

Today is Zack’s birthday! 21 years old. An adult. He can now legally drink alcohol. But the way he tends to guzzle pop, we’re sticking…

September 10, 2017

And so it has begun … the last year that Zack will attend public school. After this year, then what? It feels like we are…

August 28, 2017

We just got back from our family vacation at Pacific Beach on the Washington Coast. The weather was perfect, and the beach is one of…

August 11, 2017

Part of Zack’s ABA therapy is focused on “wh” questions. For example, Danielle, his therapist asks, “When do you eat breakfast?” and he has to…

August 10, 2017

Last Monday, Zack was the King of Chairs at Hope Place, our weekly volunteering gig. Here’s a photo series showing his progression in putting one…

July 31, 2017

Tomorrow will be Zack’s and my fourth time volunteering at a women’s recovery program run by Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission. We help with the dinner…

July 23, 2017

This summer would be Zack’s third year at Camp Burton, if he were going. Instead, he is doing ABA therapy five days a week, three…

July 7, 2017

I watched a Tedx Talk recently during which Dr. Lara Boyd describes how neuroplasticity gives you the power to shape the brain you want. It…