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  • The Sabbath is for Man

    Today I have rested. I haven’t been to church in months because that is anything but restful. I still kick myself for being less productive. Did the gods rest? Do they? Or is divinity 24/7? Men need rest. We are finite and fragile. The eternal and the sublime may recede in certain times and places…

    Mark

    September 8, 2024
    witness
    church, death, eternal, gods, rest, sabbath, sublime
  • The Large Items Are Gone

    I probably shouldn’t be shocked that strangers came through for me when they said they would. The neighborhood action team removed the futon and mattresses without needing anything further on my part. This is a good place to live. In other news my morning is going pretty smoothly. My youngest son wanted a bath until…

    Mark

    September 7, 2024
    Uncategorized
    action team, bath, dysregulated, good place, hiding place, Neighborhood, soda, strangers
  • Haul It Away

    About once every six month our neighborhood takes large items to the dump for free. I have never tried to do this before so I don’t really know if putting a futon and some old mattresses on our front lawn will have the desired effect of getting them off the property. That is the theory…

    Mark

    September 6, 2024
    Uncategorized
    faith, garbage, Neighborhood, property
  • Another Midnight

    It’s another midnight on WordPress and I’m typing into the void. I try to find interesting things to write, but obviously this is not one of them. I need to wait for my reflux to settle before I can lay down. Yesterday was decent but I was awake earlier than I wanted to be and…

    Mark

    September 5, 2024
    Uncategorized
    chores, dreams, midnight, quiet, reflux awake, typing
  • The house is quiet

    The house is quiet except for me and Cosmos grooming at the top of the bookshelf next to me. The boys are with their aides. Stephanie is asleep. It’s the middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week and I’m still in my pajamas. It is the eye of the hurricane. It is…

    Mark

    September 4, 2024
    collaboration
    hurricane, pajamas, quiet, respite, Stephanie, wish
  • Earning a Fortune

    When I was young I was certain I would grow up to be rich. Mind you I didn’t have a plan. I was good at math and was under the impression there was good money in advanced math degrees. I was never as good with money. I can’t save and invest it even though my…

    Mark

    September 3, 2024
    Uncategorized
    change, financier, fortune, mathematics, million, money, philosopher, rich
  • Labor 24/7

    Today is a national holiday. Not that you could tell from looking at our lives. Our middle son doesn’t have his day program today so he has stayed in bed. Otherwise it’s just another day. I like to say that caregiving is 24/7 but that’s not completely accurate. I do not work every waking minute…

    Mark

    September 2, 2024
    Uncategorized
    caregiving, holiday, labor, Labor Day, on call, work
  • Calendars

    Tonight I changed my son’s diaper, gave him his pills, turned off his light, and said Goodnight. About ten minutes later he walked into my room holding my Stephanie’s calendar. You probably know it’s turned September half an hour ago. He insists that the calendars be changed before he goes to bed on the eve…

    Mark

    September 1, 2024
    collaboration
    autism, calendars, ritual, September, Stephanie
  • So much poop…

    This morning was poopy, literally. I’ve talked here before about how my youngest son with autism has to turn on every single lightbulb in the house when he wakes up. I’ve also probably mentioned that he is incontinent and wears a diaper everywhere but baths. He had diarrhea when he stomped around the house turning…

    Mark

    August 31, 2024
    Uncategorized
    autism, carpets, diapers, diarrhea, gross, incontinence, lightbulbs, poop
  • Sleeping Too Far In

    It’s afternoon and I just got up and started doing things. I’m a scraggly mess. But I’ve had breakfast and given pills. I tried to explain a meme on Discord but the person asking wanted to video chat. My phone is already problematic for that on the website. Maybe I can do it on my…

    Mark

    August 30, 2024
    Uncategorized
    awake, breakfast, Discord, PC, pills, sleeping in
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