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I Know Who You Are

Listen, I know who you are. And although I can’t see or touch or feel you, I have looked you square in the face for the past ten years. You are a mystery—an enigma—and you baffle teachers and therapists and coaches and bus drivers. You baffle me. And yet, I feel I know you almost […]

What's Normal?

Carrie Cariello 6

Nearly every day someone asks me something like, “When did you know that Jack wasn’t normal?” And then they stop themselves, stammer a bit, and apologize for saying normal. Their faces get all red and they look away and stare at their feet. “I mean, you know, what’s normal, there is no normal, sorry for […]