iWant
29 April 2011
'I want.' 'I want.' 'I want.' 'I want.' 'I waNT.' Charlie said that phrase at least once or twice every minute for over an hour... Read more →
April 2011
A Boy Loves His Music
28 April 2011
All things considered, it does make sense that a water boy could get a little water in his iPad, and it would still work. I... Read more →
He just likes to be in the water
27 April 2011
The pool had been closed during Charlie's Spring Break, so yesterday was his third swimming lesson. For whatever reason---there's always so many possible reasons---Charlie was... Read more →
On a muggy spring night with the wind coming up, we---Jim, Charlie and I---took our first family walk of the season. Charlie and I had... Read more →
Order and Calm (for the most part)
25 April 2011
After Sunday's at, or rather in, the ocean, Monday was quiet and orderly. Charlie was out of bed and dressed by 7.30am. He grabbed the... Read more →
Why Raising Our Lovely Boy Can Be Really, Really Hard
24 April 2011
I am learning that one of the hardest things about raising our growing older, growing up boy, is figuring out how independent he can be---we... Read more →
In Which Charlie's iPad Takes on Water
23 April 2011
There are many things that make Charlie not your typical almost-14-year-old American male. One of these is his decided preference for things that are his... Read more →
A Good Friday
22 April 2011
It started with a crash and Charlie in severe thymic distress and we somehow made our way down to the beach. Here's the end of... Read more →
Thursday was a go go go kind of day, starting with a 6.49am wake-up as Charlie, fully dressed, ran clompity-clomp-clomp down the stairs. After some... Read more →
In Pursuit of the Principle of Perpetual Motion
20 April 2011
I took Charlie to our town's track early in the afternoon and, after a pause, he got out of the car and we walked a... Read more →
Sometimes it feels like Noah's Ark around here
19 April 2011
As in the business about the animals walking in two by two in pairs. Lots of pairings up of sets of two by Charlie around... Read more →
Spring Break Starts with a Little (Really) Magic
18 April 2011
If the first day of Charlie's Spring Break is any indication, it's going to be a break very much like the spring break I passed... Read more →
24 Miles, a Full Moon, Can't Sleep
17 April 2011
I am coming to the conclusion that there is an inverse ratio between the amount of exercise Charlie gets and how tired he is, as... Read more →
Stormy Weather Out and In
17 April 2011
That's what it looked like all day here in New Jersey, gray and cloudy. Plus, the wind was strong and it was cold. Charlie got... Read more →
With You Always
16 April 2011
A very dear friend of ours --- she had been married to Jim's best friend Mike and they were always close---passed on Monday. Jim had... Read more →
Jim had to go into New York last night for an event at his job and oh how Charlie missed him. In the past year... Read more →
Post #1293
13 April 2011
I started writing the earliest incarnation of this blog, then titled My Son Has Autism, back in June of 2005. Though this blog has changed... Read more →
Cake Doesn't Have to Taste Sweet
12 April 2011
Due to a really bad accident on the Garden State Parkway this afternoon, Jim got stuck in non-moving Jersey traffic and contacted me while I... Read more →
The Homing Roaming Instinct
11 April 2011
We have a relatively small house. Three bedrooms, one bathroom on the second floor, living room that flows into the dining room that flows into... Read more →
Sounds (a Crash) and Sense
10 April 2011
Charlie woke around 5am Sunday morning and, after staying in his bedroom for awhile, went downstairs, knocked everything off my desk and sent a bookshelf... Read more →