We Go With Him

It rained all Tuesday afternoon but was surely cosy and cheering in our kitchen, where Charlie enjoyed watching my mother cook shrimp in tomato-y sauce... Read more →

This photo was taken on Thanksgiving. By the end of Monday, Charlie had that bright smile, though it was bike ride-less day. He was not... Read more →

In the above photo, Charlie is smiling on returning from a 15-mile bike ride with Jim on Sunday afternoon. It was probably one of the... Read more →

I spent the latter part of Saturday afternoon finally, finally, finally, packing up all my books that have been in stacks on the living room... Read more →

Friday morning, Charlie brought my parents' three suitcases down the stairs, one by one. He looked at me in a certain expectant way and after... Read more →

Holiday anxiety manifested itself in Charlie at the end of a day of handling the day - guests (= new voices, new presence in the... Read more →

My thoughts of writing a proper Thanksgiving post went a bit by the wayside after Charlie and I did our third walk of Wednesday evening... Read more →

Up with a smile, waiting for the bus with Jim and my parents. Smiling on arrival at school then so upset for an hour that... Read more →

Despite being tired and weary on a Monday when, the majority of the leaves being off the trees and brown instead of yellow or orange... Read more →

We had much more of an adventure than we usually have been attempting on Sunday. We had made plans to meet a friend from Philadelphia... Read more →

For years we have strategized to help Charlie overcome his anxiety about my parents' visits. We've tried social stories of the 'old-fashioned' pictures-on-laminated-paper sort and... Read more →

After getting upset at school on Monday afternoon (after a good day), Charlie went on to have 'great,' 'excellent,' days at school. Friday there was... Read more →

The other side of 'power sleeping' is that Charlie has been again up late (past midnight) on Thursday, as he was on Tuesday. Unlike in... Read more →

The title describes pretty much what Charlie did after what was, his teacher wrote, an 'excellent' (I am quoting Charlie's teacher exactly) day at school.... Read more →

The above photo is a view somewhere on the eastern Peloponnese taken last March while I was in Greece with 9 students from my college.... Read more →

It's been so warm (mid 60s) -- well, after it snowed and wrecked thousands of trees -- that I've near forgotten next week is Thanksgiving,... Read more →

We got out of the car at a little dirt parking lot at the side of the road in Jersey horse country and as Jim... Read more →

That is to say, Jim and Charlie set a new (for them) record on the bike trail Saturday afternoon, after Charlie waited most patiently for... Read more →

Not to be too superstitious or anything, but I realized there was a full moon Friday night as Charlie and I were on an evening... Read more →

Since we have been home quite a bit, it has not beem surprising that Charlie has been exploring the various regions of our house. It's... Read more →