Tag: functional

• Alex is Functional

  Alex had an assessment recently. He is doing more things on his own so he needs less help from me. It is good for him that he is becoming more functional. On the other hand my hours have been cut again. That is the nature of the beast. Ben is a much more difficult adult…

  Mark

  June 2, 2026

  collaboration, witness

  Alex, Ben, care, celebratory, functional, parenting, tradeoffs

• Neighborly Neighbors

  We have a soda can crusher mounted on the garage wall. It had a couple of zip ties around the arms. Little did I know but they were functional not just weirdly decorative. You see the zip ties broke and the arms fell apart. I did not have any zip ties so I tried to…

  Mark

  May 9, 2026

  collaboration, witness

  functional, garage, Gorilla Glue, neighbor, neighborly, soda can crusher, zip ties