"What Did You Do Today?"

That one word, "Played, "stopped me in my tracks. It carried such weight and hope, and it took months to work its way out.

Regina StoopsApril 30, 2025 Comments

Relative Redemption

Sibling relationships can be tricky at times. Often, you find yourself related to someone you might never have been friends with if you had not grown up in the same household.

Regina StoopsJanuary 29, 2025 Comments

‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was happy; the wifi was out

Fingers were frantically hitting refresh, the patience of all was put to the test

Regina StoopsDecember 22, 2024 Comments

Hard Boiled

For those of you worried about his cholesterol, he only eats the whites and the dog happily eats the yolks, unconcerned with her lipid levels.

Regina StoopsJuly 30, 2024 Comments

It Goes So Fast

Progress is slow and adds up in such small moments that you don’t realize the sum total until one day, the kid who held your hand is now holding a diploma.

Regina StoopsMay 27, 2024 Comments

Autism In The House

A love of videos and the rigidity that comes with autism is sending him into a tailspin because he cannot find the video he’s looking for.

Regina StoopsApril 30, 2024 Comments

Buck Up, Baby (Carsie Blanton saved my life)

I'd had enough. This was my chance to give the middle finger to the hurdles in my life.

Autism Awareness Month(s)

In hilarious, heartbreaking, frustrating and fantastic ways, we are “aware” of Autism.

Danger Down Under - A Tale of Ghosts, Marsupials, and Misguided Romance

“Go in and take any room you like.” Then he paused and added, “You’ll be the only guests for the evening.”

Thirty-Two Years-An Anniversary Story

The “for better” is easy, it’s the ability to come back from the “for worse” that has carried us this far.

Regina StoopsSeptember 30, 2022love, anniversary, relationship, marriage, same sex marriage Comments

I Miss My (Room) Mom

Enter Senior year and the onslaught of directives to which I have no defense and no room mom to bail me out.

Lily Legacy

I’m sure someone with more flower and bulb experience might not have been astounded, but I felt like I had raised Aunt Margaret from the dead by way of a gardening miracle.

Regina StoopsOctober 15, 2021gardening, lillies, flowers, memories, planting, plants Comments

Let’s Keep In Touch

Parents, do we need to know everything? We have become a people who want details, timelines, explanations, and answers to questions we haven’t thought of yet. And we want it right now.

A Little Smudge

We realized that if we were gone from the Church, we would never show that families like ours belong in the Church.

Regina StoopsFebruary 18, 2021 Comments

Not My Department: The Story of How I Met Every Customer Service Rep at the Cable Company

“I point out that we’ve been on this thread for three hours and my kids could well be in college before I can get them the WiFi they need to complete high school.”