Foreword by R.J. Palacio -- A beautiful baby boy. Beautiful ; Congratulations ; The first twenty-eight days ; To eat ; To breathe ; A different world ; Not cut out for this ; To eat, to speak ; To hear ; Division of labor -- A normal childhood. A house of our own ; Bad luck ; Casseroles and pity ; We've got this ; Teaching and being taught ; The new me ; Shallow water ; Good Christian neighbors ; A marathon, not a sprint -- Wonder. A "real-life" Auggie ; The boy from the Wonder book ; Reno ; Hollywood -- The big one. A unique form of torture ; A dog angel ; Complicated complications ; Muscle memory ; A new face ; Two wonders meet ; Made whole again ; Gift from God ; A new normal ; The "real" Wonder boy ; Gratitude -- Afterword: swimming like a fish.