We Go With Him

In looking over the most recent photos of Charlie as of those from his school's annual prom, and even though I have witnessed his steady... Read more →

I used to think that every birthday for Charlie would be increasingly difficult for me to wrap my thoughts around. Starting a long time ago,... Read more →

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Tuesday was Charle's nth (I have lost count) IEP and the big subject of discussion was his ITP. That stands for Individual Transition Plan. Charlie... Read more →

Success is a word that has come to stoke degrees of ambivalence in me over the years of raising Charlie. There's no denying that we... Read more →

You should have seen the look on Jim's face when I told him that the U.S. and Cuba will restore diplomatic relations. He is a... Read more →

We certainly did not intend to celebrate Charlie's 17th birthday for three days in a row, especially given his historical need for lowkeying birthdays. But... Read more →

Thanks for sharing the long road with us for 17 years, each more beauteous and lovely, and full of love. ὠ φίλτατον μέλημα [o philtaton... Read more →

Charlie is starting in the Workability program (last Friday, his job was to clean up the Richmond auditorium). On Monday, Jim texted me (I was... 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 →

Charlie had, or perhaps was having for the past several days, a lot of thymic distress that was resolved (in full sense of the Latin... Read more →

When Charlie was about 11 or 12, I'd feel sad every time he got on a carnival ride. He was always the biggest kid even... Read more →

I stood beside Charlie in line for this very tall 'frog hopper' -- that's what he knows this ride as because the first, much more... Read more →

Charlie is now 16 years old and Wednesday morning I packed his book bag with store-bought cupcakes wrapped in brown paper (I'm not sure but... Read more →

Since January, Charlie has had exactly one incident at school, a statistic all the more notable when you consider the amount of heavy-duty anxiety and... Read more →

I got as close as I ever have last Wednesday night (Jim gone teaching after being home during Spring Break last week) to negotiating Charlie... Read more →

When you're expecting to see this and this and this at the beach and you see (as we did on Saturday) this -- -- pretty... Read more →

While signing Charlie, on the Friday of a curious week, in at the school office after he quote unquote 'did the best ever' at the... Read more →

2012; Charlie turned 15 and it was a very good year though given the two ER visits for stitches in the back of his head;... Read more →

I got up around 4-something-am to see what Charlie was up to in the kitchen, his cold again interrupting his sleep, and in the midst... Read more →