He is an amazing kid!

Let me tell you about this amazing kid! Charlie is a regular thirteen year old, attending school, playing lacrosse, reading and playing with his dogs. However, Charlie is also a unique kid. He has daily battles with Type 1 diabetes. He has had to deal with the numerous finger pricks, shots, ketones and the ups and downs for over 10 years. But he is more than just a kid with a chronic disease. He is curious and loves to learn. I love that he will share with us.

Charlie is so helpful! He is willing to do whatever is asked and if he doesn't know how to do something, he will learn how to do it. Charlie learned to cook! I love that not only does he cook but does it well (unlike his Mom)!

I am so blessed to have Charlie in my life. He is so considerate of me. He makes sure to carry my briefcase up and down stairs since I can't. He thinks of others before he does himself! Tonight I had a major mess at the office to clean up and worked late. Charlie fixed spaghetti for dinner, fed his sister and friends that were hanging out at the house. I expected the kitchen to be a mess (I'm used to family members not cleaning up after themselves) but when I got home, he had left a pot for Cole but cleaned the rest up!

For someone who has so many reasons to be unhappy and angry at his lot in life, he is a happy, easy going person! Charlie is so shy and quiet but when you take the time to know him, you will see that he is an incredible, amazing young man!