We Go With Him

It was 4am when, daily melatonin notwithstanding, I got Charlie to lie down on his bed on Friday morning and 7.30am when he got himself... Read more →

Summer school (all 2 days of it) has been good, a bike ride was good, a trip to get groceries was good even though there... Read more →

And so, just as depicted in the photo, Charlie stepped onto the school bus amid a shower of golden light... Ok, well, not exactly, but... Read more →

Wasn't surprised Charlie woke at 6.30am. Or that he immediately requested a bike ride after a walk. Or that he wanted lunch at 10.30am. Or... Read more →

Jim and I have thinking we ought to expand Charlie's and our activities beyond the usual rounds of bike ride, walk, walk, bike ride, walk.... Read more →

16 miles on the Jersey horse country (as in dressage and such) bike trail!. Plus 3 walks (of about a mile each) with our long... Read more →

High on Jim's and my lists of autism myths to debunk is the one about an autistic individual being, for instance, a toddler's mind in... Read more →

Around 9pm Charlie eyed me with the expectant look that says 'you being Mom you can read my mind.' I wondered if I should start... Read more →

Little gets past Charlie. When we used to give him all manner of supplements in the early days of trying out this and that 'treatment,'... Read more →

On the first day of summer 2012, Charlie was up before 5am. How else to fit in 3 walks and 2 bike rides for a... Read more →

The school year ended on a happy note indeed with Charlie throwing a football with his teacher and student. For possible reasons of nostalgia? --... Read more →

These lunchboxes won't be in 'position' for a week as Tuesday is Charlie's last day of school -- a really great year in which he... Read more →

Not only did Charlie sleep in on Sunday morning till 11am. He went to bed at 9.30pm (with the Barney Good Day Good Night video... Read more →

Not one wink of sleep did Charlie get on Friday night. He was cheery for the most part and did his best to wait till... Read more →

Charlie again insisted on a shortened ride on Friday afternoon after school, and then one, two, three walks. His mood has been cheery (even on... Read more →

Charlie wanted to go home after only a few miles on his bike so he and Jim turned around. After a good dinner, he did... Read more →

For the first time in some days, Charlie asked to 'type b teletubbies.' It was around midnight. It was also the first night in a... Read more →

It has been raining since 11.30am. As Charlie (hooded, above) and I waited for Jim to return from the train, it saw still raining, leaving... Read more →

Charlie had a really hard time of it while I was in California. Most of the floorspace of the lower floor of our house was... Read more →

I woke Sunday morning hearing Charlie's voice saying iPad. I went for a run up the hill past my parents' house in Oakland. Charlie and... Read more →