Tag: sons
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Cleaning for my Sons
I just clipped the toenails on my youngest son. But that was the grossest thing I did today. I spent five hours cleaning the computer of another son. The youngest does know how to clip his own nails. His older brother doesn’t know how to clean his browser history. Gross!
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Video Games and Laundry
My oldest son came over this morning to hook up his PlayStation to our TV because he broke his. His little brother doesn’t like the TV on at all most of the time. They did not come to blows over it this time. So he played Skyrim while his brother and I watched. After that…
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Fear of Women
What fears have you overcome and how? Growing up I was deathly afraid of women. If I liked a girl it would take me six months to work up the courage to ask if she liked me too. I’ve grown up. I dated without becoming an emotional wreck. I’ve had four children from two different…
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Words Have Power (Two)
What a difference a year can make. My oldest son is half an hour away with a new girlfriend and probably yelling too much. His next brother is living on his own and managing well at advocating for himself. The next boy is still content. And my youngest son is using request words independently like…
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Meltdowns and Coffee
This morning did not go smoothly. The cats brought us another dead mouse. I picked it up and showed it to our youngest son. That was a mistake. I threw the mouse away and he tried to retrieve it. When I prevented that it started a half hour meltdown. He asked for a bath but…
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My Kids and Their Autism
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? I was a very free man when I met my oldest son for the first time and knew I had to take some responsibility. It was the beginning of a journey into understanding brand new human beings and realizing how much like me they were. Three…
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Children are the Best
Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. The best gifts I’ve ever been given are my four sons. Two true special women bore children for me and frankly nothing compares to that.
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Lost Tradition
Write about a few of your favorite family traditions. I have four sons. The first was born out of wedlock and was mostly raised by his mother. If her family has traditions I have not noticed them. My wife and I have three sons on the autism spectrum. Between the three of them there has…
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Children are the Greatest Gift
What is the greatest gift someone could give you? Without a doubt the greatest gifts I have ever been given are my four sons. I love my children because I can see so much of myself in them. Even the things that annoy me the most about my boys I totally own. I would like…
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Influences
Who are the biggest influences in your life? First of all I am an “influencer.” I am the biggest influence in my life as far as people go. After that, in descending order, are my wife, my parents, the brethren of the local LDS ward, my coworkers at Walgreens, and my Facebook family. Some of…
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