Husbands - I've had a few; but, I only have one wife, and she is my favorite. I have not had a wife for long. We were officially coupled this past April at the the Statue of Liberty in New York City. We were coupled by a delightful older gentleman named Ray and our coupling was [...]
My new favorite hero is Kristin Beck. I learned of Kristin Beck's story when I saw an interview that Anderson Cooper did with her on CNN. CNN Films produced a documentary about her titled: Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story. In the interview I found Kristin to be so dignified and at peace with herself [...]
Tonight my daughters and I went to see Act Up Theatre's presentation of BARE: A Pop Opera at The Stage in Island Park. The musical addresses the challenges and importance in living one's own truth through a group of seniors at a Catholic high school. BARE deals with acceptance of self and others from an individual, relationship, [...]
Have you ever felt like you don't belong - like you are the odd man out - like you stick out like a sore thumb? I have. Indeed, I often feel like that. It is not lost on me that I am peculiar...different...a curiosity. I recognize that my ability and desire to be "normal" decreases [...]
There are times when I am so proud of our students at NDSU. Last evening was one of those times. It started when I happened upon a Facebook post on a student-run unofficial NDSU Facebook page called Overheard at NDSU. Overheard is primarily used as a capture point for odd, funny, or annoying things that [...]
I suffered a hard blow last evening. It was unexpected and darn near knocked me off my feet despite the fact that there was no physicality to it. It was an emotional blow so inconceivable to me in the moment that I struggled to take it in. I brought in the new year with a new understanding [...]
There is a saying often uttered in the autism community, "If you meet one person with autism, you've met one person with autism." Autism is not a definitional box filled with discrete behavioral, neurological, or physical descriptors - it is a spectrum filled with ranges of color and shading, nuances upon nuances, and palettes that [...]
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