We Go With Him

My thought was we would do what we did last time, get through about half the puzzle and call it a day. Charlie's day program... Read more →

Three, four or was it more years ago we stopped taking vacations. We've never been inclined to go to any of the Disney parks; our... Read more →

We stopped taking vacatio... Read more →

Charlie and I are minding the midnight oil here (he's got Barney on his iPad, I've got Catullus and some writing work) as not only... Read more →

After posting about permanence and change on a really cold Sunday morning I got on my yellow bike (Charlie's bike when he was about 10)... Read more →

Aside from the fact that it hasn't been this hot here for this many days in the Garden State since 1993, New Jersey is a... Read more →

Charlie, as many of you know, has a longstanding, all-consuming love of the beach and swimming in ocean waves that is accompanied by a commensurately... Read more →

The title has a metaphorical as well as a literal application, Charlie having had an 'attack' with throwing of multiple plastic items, hitting his head... Read more →

It would be a bit off the mark to say that a week in which one had to call 911 is a good one, but... 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 →

Of course the day we made it back to the beach (I think it has been almost a year's hiatus?), Charlie excited and tentative but... Read more →

After a bike ride, we went to see if the Mexican fast food place was open and were not surprised that it was not due... Read more →

Aside from continually checking the charge on Charlie's iPad and my phone lest we lose electricity, and iterating and reiterating what a great boy he... Read more →

After what was probably his fastest-ever 16-mile ride on the Jersey horse country bike path ever, Charlie came home and slept for three hours. When... Read more →

After Charlie slept from 8 -- 11 am on Saturday, he and Jim did 16 miles at a manic pace. Oddly, Charlie did not want... Read more →

As Charlie and I were on the second of three walks in malevolently hot weather so that he ran in spurts growling and unintentionally gave... Read more →

I know I've been saying we are all coughing away. We are, but somehow we seem unable to stay away from our usual activities, i.e.,... Read more →

We went down to the beach where Charlie and Jim did 18 good miles. On the way home, Charlie started and suddenly grabbed Jim's arm... Read more →

I think it was July or sometime in August that we last went to the beach. Whether because the waves were not as he wanted... Read more →

It's blurry, but can your see that Charlie is smiling in this photo? He woke up at midnight on Monday night. And he went back... Read more →