We Go With Him

Monday was a holiday here in the US, Memorial Day. Charlie's internal clock knew only that it was Monday, so he was ready to go... Read more →

In the summer of 2001, we were walking on the beach when we met a man and a boy boogie-boarding in the waves. Charlie was... Read more →

Saturday wasn't a day of rest but we did remain pretty much around our house, walking morning (6.30am), noonish, and night (/evening) with a mid-morning... Read more →

Charlie began the long weekend by getting up at 5.30am and going (with the usual parental partnering) on a long walk. On returning, he headed... Read more →

'Yes Blake yes Lou yes Tara yes...... ' Charlie has been saying this phrase over and over, of late. He often punctuates his statement (said... Read more →

Today's post brings good news. !!!!! Although, Wednesday didn't start in such an exuberant YAY! fashion. Having written about what a great job Charlie was... Read more →

The new little routine here for the past few days has been: Charlie has woken himself up between 7 and 7.30am, just enough time to... Read more →

So yesterday brought big news on the 'Vaccinegate' front, which you may read here on Care2.com and also here. Ok, next. To begin again: Yesterday... Read more →

At Charlie's spring concert last Wednesday, one of the classes of high school students sang the first verse from 'Camelot,' the Lerner and Loewe musical... Read more →

Yet another shocker post today. After a full Saturday of walking (x 2), bike riding (x 2), grading (Jim), hauling branches to the town recycling... Read more →

The topic of this post is a potential real shocker: Jim and I went on a date. (Woo-hoo!) Seriously. It's been quite awhile since we've... Read more →

Driving home from school on Thursday afternoon, Charlie asked to go to a fastfood TexMex restaurant. We hadn't really celebrated Wednesday's performance so I did... Read more →

On Wednesday afternoon, Charlie performed at his first concert, the 'Spring Sing' at his school. His class was the fifth to perform and, when I... Read more →

Yesterday morning I read my last exams and papers for the spring semester and posted my grades. I had taken the train in for a... Read more →

We started listening to the radio in the car after some in-car neurological storms of a quite---ok, an extremely---bad kind that were stoke, we were... Read more →

Until I neared adolescence, my parents celebrated my sister's and my birthdays with parties in which all my relatives from both sides of the family... Read more →

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it was about as good a 13th birthday as there could be. We started... Read more →

Charlie is 13 years old today. !!!!!!!!! Ok, technically he's not going to be 13 until 8.57pm tonight, the 15th of May, 2010. I was... Read more →

Thursday afternoon was the wake for Charlie's grandmother, Grace. Jim and I hadn't been sure about Charlie going. The funeral home is in the town... Read more →

I did something momentous today, at least for our household. I went to the grocery store and ordered Charlie a birthday cake. Basic white buttercream... Read more →