Glennon Melton

Autism – My Messy, Beautiful

Dear Jack, Lately people are talking all about autism’s rising statistics. They bring up numbers like one in eighty-eight and say things like now it’s one in fifty-five and they wonder where is it coming from why so many more? But some days, I don’t give a damn about the numbers. In fact, when people mention […]

A Little Girl Wearing Red Denim Jeans

Carrie Cariello 7

“Oh,” Charlie said with a disappointed look on his face as I started to open the box of graham crackers for his afterschool snack. “I thought you said you would buy the cinnamon ones.” “Sorry, Charlie-bear.They didn’t have the cinnamon ones. Do you want these?” “Not really, I like cinnamon.” “Well, these are good too, and we can […]