March 26, 2008

The Christianville Spirit: Popi, The Awesome Grandpa


The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches lives
March 26, 2008- TCS # 95
This is a special edition of The Christianville Spirit because Popi (Grandpa) is in the hospital chasing nurses around. He tells us that he looks like Frankenstein with tubes coming out his neck. You know what I noticed about him, he makes humor and good things about bad situations and that’s what I love about him. But, we all should do that even though it’s hard to make good out of something bad. So, enough about Popi in the hospital; let’s hear about him before he got in the hospital. This first story goes way back to when he was young. When he was young, he had a friend named “Rags” who he would get in trouble with and here is the story in Popi’s words. Take it away, Popi…
In the early days (when I was 8 to 12) my best friend was a guy whose nickname was “Rags”. How that name came about I can’t recall, but anyway we were continually getting in trouble together. Remember, we didn’t have TV or video games, so it was mainly outside play. We had a neat neighborhood with lots of places to hide and do dumb things.
There was a girl our age that lived next door and she was a tomboy and wanted to play with us all the time. Sometimes we didn’t want this but she kept hanging around. At one point we were playing Cowboys and Indians and we set it up to capture her and torture her until she agreed to leave us alone. We did this out behind the garage and tied her to a telephone pole.
Then we came back later and discovered that while she was trying to escape the rope had cut into her leg. When her Dad found out about this he chased me all over the neighborhood. Finally he told my Dad and that was the end of it. We tried to take it easier on her after that!!
There are many stories I could tell about the adventure of Bud and Rags but I think they would be boring now.
As far as the “wanting to become a Dentist” was concerned I had made a small drill and I used to practice on the back of a chair. I’d drill a hole and fill it with putty. One day this same girl came over and asked me to check her teeth. I began to use my drill again, but obviously she was not happy with this. She told her Dad again – the chase began again, my Dad got involved and that was the end of my little Dentist Office. Later in life, when I went to College I actually wanted to become a Dentist. To make a long story short, I had to take Chemistry – I flunked it – the advisor said I’d never make it as a Dentist and I switched my major to Music. I was really happy then.....................
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Thanks Popi for that funny story. The next major event was him and My Grandma Honey had My Mom, Uncle Craig, Uncle Bruce, and Uncle Brian. From there My Mom moved Ohio, Michigan Maine, and Texas. And, Had My Brother, Michael and I. but, that’s another story and another person. After that, Popi married My Steppi Sue which is his current wife. Later on after My Mom had us, we drove up to Toledo, OH (which is where he lives today) many times with one of the guys My Mom dated named Mr. Jeff. And, of course the one of the most recent great memory of us and him was on Spring Break 3 years ago where he and Steppi Sue took Michael and I up to Northern half of the lower peninsula of Michigan in an area called Black Lake. And, also he took us to see the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and took us to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Also, we drove across The Mackinaw Bridge and we even ate Ice Cream in the snow. My most favorite part of it was the amount of snow there was there. The last time that I saw him was on Super Bowl Weekend of 2006. Also, he reads and has read all my Christianville Spirits. And, he is so proud that he prints them out and shows them to everyone. And, My Mom and Grandma Honey do the same. All in all, Popi has been and still is an awesome grandpa.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. People are special whether they have Special Needs or not.

March 19, 2008

The Christianville Spirit: How to be Positive in a Negative World


The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches lives
March 19, 2008- TCS # 94
So, My Mom and I were sitting in church on Saturday Night like we always but, with my friend named Mason Poole when my Pastor, Pastor Keith told us something amazing based on scientific research he found online. He found out that 91% of illnesses are caused by negative thoughts. And, not only that, but also for MEN it takes 1 Hour for Negative Biochemicals, like adrenaline to get through their body. However, for WOMEN it takes 12 HOURS for it to run through. So, in other words if you make a Women mad, there’s another 12 hours of negative chemicals to run it’s coarse. So, here’s the point to all that. Think positive thoughts and your less likely to get sick. And, most importantly for the men in the world; for goodness sake, don’t make a women mad because you don’t know what really causing. In a couple days, is My Mom’s Birthday which lands on Easter this year so, here are some Christianville Metro Stats for her. There are 120 streets have Julie in it(Including Julie St. in Downtown Christianville), 20 Restaurants with Julie in it, and of course there’s every metro mothers favorite The Julie Center where they serve an excellent brunch on Mother’s Day to all the great moms in The Christianville Metro Area.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Be more Positive and Happy Birthday Mom!

March 12, 2008

The Christianville Spirit: The Original Dream Girl Story

The Christianville Spirit
(Old C-ville Spirit)
The Spirit of Christianville

My Dream Girl: This is my idea of The Girl of My Dreams. My Dream Girl's name will be Carol Holiday who would live in Presque Isle, ME with her Single dad, John and her 17 year old sister, Taylor. Carol would a blonde girl with blue eyes and a Maine Accent. Carol would be thin and be the same height as me. Carol would have the same special needs as me. She would also be a sweet girl and with alot of class. She would love to read maps, look at road signs, and do everything I love to do. She would love Christmas just as much as i do and why. She would feel the same way i would feel about People's Feelings and knowing exactly how they feel. I have 2 places where I would dream to meet her at. The first place would be in Gulf Shores, AL on the beach. I would be taking a walk on the beach with My Uncle Bruce and she runs into us and starts talking to us and automatically we feel a connection and we start to fall in love. The second place would be at The Jazz and Art Festival in Mckinney, TX while Me, My Mom, Aunt Kathy, My Brother walking down Louisiana St. in Downtown Mckinney and i'm siting in front of a popcorn store on a bench alone and She walks up to the bench, sits down next to me, and introduces herself as "Hi. I'm Carol Holiday", and we start talking, and I ask my mom if Me and Carol can hang out alone and get to know eachother. while we are hanging out, we feel an instant connection and we start to fall in love. Later on, a few months later I ask her to come to Dr. Pepper BallPark to see a Frisco Roughriders and during a thing they do called "Kiss Cam" I propose to her in front of everyone and fireworks go off when she says YES. finally, on December 24 at midnight in Baxter State Park in Maine, Me and Carol would get married. This is my my idea of a perfect Dream Girl.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. This is one dream I want to come true.

The Christianville Spirt:A Real Carol Holiday


The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches lives
March 12, 2008- TCS # 93
One time if you remember back in 2006; I wrote about My Dream Girl, Carol Holiday. I said what I wanted her to look like and be like. I had her be Blonde and have Blue Eyes and, other stuff. Well, one day I decided to look on Yahoo 360, Myspace, and Facebook to see if there actually someone in this world named Carol Holiday. Well, the first site, Facebook which I had a membership on several months back and I went to Facebook.com and searched Carol Holiday. And, I found a REAL PERSON named Carol Holiday. So, back in late January I rejoined Facebook and edited my profile again and I look through Carol’s Friend’s list. And, up came an added coincidence for my story. I said that her dad who would be My Mom’s Dream Guy named John Holiday. When I saw that I was amazed at the coincidence of it and I thought “I think this might be My Dream Girl”. So, I figured that I would contact her and I clicked “Add to Friends” instead of “Send Message” and she didn’t respond. So, I waited a month so I didn’t scare her in any way. So, February came and I was ready to send her a message hoping that she would respond. I asked her if she would be friends with me and I told her a little bit of my story. And, she responded telling she thought it was interesting story. And, I’ve talking to her since then. So, here’s a more of a coincidence. She works at a group home for adults with special needs. However, I found out later that she was 40 Years Young and that she was married with 2 very cute children. But, oh well. The awesome part was mostly that I found someone with that name. All in all, it’s awesome that I found a real Carol Holiday. As for the married part, My Dream Girl will still have that name.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. It’s whole lot of coincidences.

March 5, 2008

The Christianville Spirit: How Old are You?


The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches lives
March 5, 2008- TCS # 92
How old are you? This is one sentence is asked a lot and people hate over 40 hate it. So, what do people do when someone asks this? Well, people will ether ask “how old do think I am”, tell they’re age, or they’ll lie about it. For example they’ll say they’re 39 when they’re really 49. The awful truth of this question to people over 40 is they’ll lie about their age saying that it’s 5 to 10 or even 20 years younger. So, why do people do this? Well, it’s the one word in there that scares and that is the word OLD. And, who could blame them because in our society the word OLD scares people because Old means getting closer to death or skin movements that we all dread. And, then of course there are the YOUNG which relates to birth, childhood, teens, and the age in the 20’s and 30’s. So, what about people over 40? Well, if you are one. You make humor of it and say that instead of getting older, you say you’re getting younger. Well, that dreaded question should be changed to instead “How OLD are you” to “How YOUNG are you”. And, if you would want to state your age you say you’re 40 Years Young. And, the best part would be that it lowers fear and builds Self-Esteem. All in all, I think THAT QUESTION should be changed.
Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. You’re NOT OLD, you’re young!