We Go With Him

After a fine bike ride down the Peninsula on Sunday, we dropped off the bikes at home and drove back across the bay to the... Read more →

At some time in the middle of last week it occurred to me to look at Charlie's school calendar, whereupon it hit me that this... Read more →

Sensing that it is "that time of the year," Charlie started calling for the ferris wheel last Monday evening. Jim found a promising-looking one --... Read more →

Though it was raining on Friday, and though a tractor trailer jacknifed across the freeway closing down all lanes north of the Carquinez Bridge (leading... Read more →

Charlie is now on Spring Break. Hee's been anticipating it for the past three weeks, with a surge of worry this past week (as manifested... Read more →

Two bike rides is the standard on our weekends. Saturday, over one bridge to Marin County and then over the Golden Gate to San Francisco... Read more →

Starting on the Kalends of February and just as the Year of the Horse began, Charlie had a really tough time of it. (Let's put... Read more →

After a tearful start (Charlie has had the same teacher for the past three years and he is superb), Charlie had a happy, peaceful-easy feeling... Read more →

When he saw his teacher on the morning of the last day at the Big Autism Center, Charlie burst into tears. Charlie is a serious... Read more →

The universe has its sense of humor, indeed. Two days before Charlie's first day of school, still on the heels of the wicked anxiety that... Read more →

As I type this, Charlie's summer camp is set to end in less than an hour. The last day's activity is a party complete with... Read more →

Charlie had a major panic attack at 2.30am after one of those nice easy-going days -- the eternal autismland conundrum of happy times chased, very... Read more →

Usual suspects doing the usual things (16 miles uphill, fast pace, Jersey horse country bike trail; capped off with a tour of the Meadowlands with... Read more →

So. Charlie had his simply Best. ESY. Ever. Nary a call from the behaviorist and a nice post-final-ESY-bus ride afterwards. Then. 3 behavior storms (in... Read more →

July 29 was my dad's birthday so I made this video for him. I think it rather shows Charlie listening, emoting and then processing it... Read more →

Very glad to say that Charlie handled a long weekend and a visit with and good-bye to my parents with a quite high count of... Read more →

From the moment he stepped off the bus on Wednesday, Charlie was on the hustle to go out, get out, get in the white car,... Read more →

It's been quite a week. Charlie had his own many things to deal with -- for the past several months it often seems that his... Read more →

For the better part of two hours on Wednesday night, Charlie and I sat in the white car in the driveway, awaiting Jim's return from... Read more →

I texted a student on Friday morning and drove Charlie to school. He had a devil of a time going to sleep the night before,... Read more →