We Go With Him

Charlie was in a great mood all day Monday, even though -- who knows, maybe because! -- he woke at 1.30am, 2.30am or 5am: He... Read more →

Despite three unsettling events on Sunday, Charlie kept his cool (though a little lag is always possible). On the bike path in Jersey horse country... Read more →

If Charlie really was awake since around 2.30 am on Saturday morning, small wonder that he was tired by 8pm. He and I had walked... Read more →

Charlie was up at 5am this Saturday morning. Actually, he may have been up since 2.30 am as I heard sounds from his room then;... Read more →

I really wanted to go into New York on Wednesday to attend this autism symposium as a friend was speaking and the program looked intriguing.... Read more →

Wednesday has been decidedly unpopular around here as it's the day Jim teaches all day. Meaning that (taking a more Charliesque view of things), it... Read more →

Because, when one's beloved child does not sleep, one does not sleep either! (Or if one does, it's in small increments with one ear tuned... Read more →

Charlie is sitting, wide awake, in the brown chair as I type this nearing 2am. He was yawning at 11pm and seemed on the verge... Read more →

To the best of our knowledge, Charlie did not sleep at all on Saturday night. He listened to music, paced in his room and the... Read more →

At 10am on Saturday, Charlie ran down the stairs to check in on Jim and me, and then promptly wrapped himself back in his blanket... Read more →

Since Jim and Charlie started doing their long (11 1/2 mile) local bike rides (Jim remeasured the distance), they have been in the vicinity of... Read more →

I went to see my students performing 'Hairspray': An hour and a half of near-straight music. I came home to Charlie standing on the sidewalk... Read more →

I heard REM playing at 3.50am and realized, Charlie was still up. Wednesday afternoon had followed its usual routine. As Jim teaches into the evening,... Read more →

Jim and I teach college students and we've been keeping their hours: Monday night, Charlie couldn't sleep till 3am and, as I had woken at... Read more →

It was over 90 degrees Fahrenheit here today and Jim and I were determined to get Charlie not to wear his sweatshirt for the sake... Read more →

In the past, after a big storm, Charlie has woken up still stormy and we've slugged through the day(s) together until things calm -- sometimes... Read more →

I had a minor epiphany as I was picking up several score of colorful, different-shaped K'nex that Charlie threw down the stairs in the first... Read more →

Alas, the rash on Charlie's left cheek has gotten infected -- I think we had a feeling it would when we first saw it last... Read more →

Charlie still has 3 more days of Spring Break (though I kind of don't count the weekend as he is, of course, off then anyways)... Read more →

Jim dropped off a load of branches shorn from the shrubbery above our driveway then drove to Manhattan twice and taught a total of three... Read more →