The economy has been on the mind of nearly everyone lately.  It seems that nearly every week some bad news hits the headlines.  I’ve been asked by a number of people how the turmoil around us may affect Charles Wright.  I recently sent a letter to parents on this topic….Please click on the link to read it.

Ever since moving with my family to the Northwest in 1996, our Thanksgiving ritual has been the same: the drive, often in the rain, through Seattle to the Mukilteo ferry and across to Whidbey Island. My younger brother and sister-in-law moved to Whidbey in 1993, and when my family came to the area, it marked the first time that my brother and I lived near each other in over 20 years. My brother had moved out west, and I stayed east, and we did not see each other very often. Read the rest of this entry »