We Go With Him

I taught my classes, with a good majority of students in attendance, for the first time in around two weeks on Friday. Everyone had a... Read more →

I'll always wish I hadn't thrown his Barney away. When Charlie was 7, it felt that it had to be, because of head-banging occurring along... Read more →

I turned off Charlie's iPad just before 5am on Saturday and he went to sleep for over 6 hours. He and Jim biked 16 miles... Read more →

Start of some of the 23 1/2 miles on Saturday. (Yes, the glove thing is key.) Read more →

Day 2 of school was as pleasant in an anticlimactic kind of way as the first day and in contrast to the eve of the... Read more →

Summer is not technically over but the start of school for Charlie on Wednesday means it is. He had managed his anxiety so well through... Read more →

I looked at Charlie's iPad last night and realized that the icons for his music albums were all jumbled up. And, at least one-third were... Read more →

Jim caught an 8-something am train, Charlie went to sleep at 9.30am in his brown chair. I did a bit of writing and posted this... Read more →

Charlie and I had a 20 minute conversation last night! This is what he said. N.B.: All the words describe things and people from his... Read more →

Well, Saturday began as Friday had, early (6.30am) and with a walk request from Charlie who ran urgently and then there was another altercation (different... 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 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 →

Jim took this great photo of Charlie in the woods in the middle of a bike ride. If you look closely, you can see that... Read more →

Jim and I had a feeling Charlie would be (1) anxious (knowing that my parents arrive tomorrow) and therefore (2) non-sleeping. Well, thanks to the... Read more →

There a bit more symmetry than might first meet the eye in Charlie's above arrangement. He had a much better day at school after waking... 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 →

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 →

After two speedy walks, a few rounds of typing to search for videos on his iPad and a session of rocking (in the chair and... Read more →

Charlie said 'smile' when I asked if I could take a picture of his handiwork. Read more →