December 30, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Christian's Year-In-Review 2009

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
December 30, 2009- TCS # 179

Ok, Everyone. It’s that time of year again, tomorrow is New Year’s Eve and that means not only a new year coming. But, also a new decade; and, of course watching the ball drop. But, there’s one thing I love to watch and do BEFORE watching the ball drop and that is the Year-In-Review. So, on the last Wednesday of the year, I write what I call “Christian’s Year-In-Review”. So, without further a due here is “Christian’s Year-In-Review 2009”. Now, 2009 for me was a good year but, I know that for most of you, 2009 wasn’t the best of years. Anyway, as with every year we start in January; In January 2009, a big change happened in The City of Christianville. At The State of Metro Area Address on January 12, Christian and City Counsels of The Metro Area changed the Name of 3 Major Freeways of Christianville (Christian Centeno Frwy. Turned New England Cities Frwy., Christian Centeno Tollway turned to Sophie Memorial Thruway in honor our dog, Sophie, and Christian Centeno Expwy. Turned to Brooke Frwy.) In February, I got a call from My Best Friend, Steven telling me that he was finally coming home after 4 Years in 2 different group homes and that was very exciting for me that he was coming home. On February 17, TV Stations in smaller markets like Madison, WI and Burlington, VT changed their signals to DTV. On March 9, The Dow in the stock market closed at 6547.05 which marked lowest point of The Recession. In April, I wrote a newsletter about The History of The Christianville Spirit. Also in April and going into May, I decided to write a series called “Potocki-Lupski Syndrome: Christian’s Story” which was about explaining everything about Potocki-Lupski Syndrome to help people better understand why people with Potocki-Lupski Syndrome or PTLS do certain things or do things a certain way. June was a very awesome month for me because there was a lot of thing that happened that very monumental to me. The first thing was the DTV Switch on TV which was really awesome to watch. After that, our annual Gulf Shores trip and then, following that was the 1st ever PTLS conference where I got to meet a lot of Families who had someone with PTLS. It was really awesome to get to meet all the families and of course I saw families that I already knew. But, what amazed me the most was that their where that many families there and seeing My Brother play with some of the kids was very touching to me. And, also he finally understood everything about me and PTLS which that too was very awesome. As busy and awesome as June was, July was a very quiet month. On August 11, I turned 22 Years old and I wrote a newsletter stating how significant My Birthday was to me. In Late August into September, I took that 19 Day Cyber trip from Bethel, ME all the way home and that was the longest cyber trip I’ve ever taken. Also, in September I started Special Olympics Bowling which a lot of fun and I’m going to tell you what I got for it when I get to the “November” section. On October 22, I got to the biggest outside family reaction ever from the newsletter I wrote about the SunnyGram Email Service. The reaction was a comment from a guy named Jim from SunnyGram thanking me for talking about the service in my newsletter. On October 26, My Brother turned 21 Years Old which was really cool. Also, in October and going into November I started my “Simple Affections” Series. And, now for the part that I promised to tell you a couple minutes ago. On November 14, I had a Regional Tournament for Special Olympics Bowling and I bowled so well that I got a Silver Medal and it felt was Awesome! In fact, I wore it the rest of the day. And, now for December; On December 19, A Nor’easter hit Washington D.C, Philadelphia, and Long Island. This Nor’easter was called “The Blizzard of 2009” because of 2 reasons. The 1st reason is because it was the week before Christmas and people where trying to get to their family’s house or wherever they were going. The 2nd reason was because it snowed 2 feet or 24 Inches in Washington D.C which doesn’t happen that often. For Christmas, My Mom and I decided to spend Christmas with My Family in Atlanta and let me tell you, which was pretty awesome. Christmas was pretty fun in Atlanta, I got a lot of presents, we got to see Christmas Lights, and one family moment that I remember probably forever. You see, My Uncle Bruce and Aunt Carolee have this tradition where they go out a Christmas Light Park at Lake Lanier which is north of where they live. Anyway, at the beginning of it they had a one-by-one “12 days of Christmas” display. So, for example “The Partridge in a Pear Tree” was lit up. Anyway, So I decided that we should sing “The 12 days of Christmas” each time we saw a light display of the next day. Man, you should seen a moment like that with my Uncle Bruce, Aunt Carolee, Grandma Honey, My Mom and I, and my cousins Gram, Callie, and Parker all singing “12 days of Christmas” and it was really funny because some of us sung quieter when we didn’t know the words. But, the most awesome part was all of us singing that song as a Family, Smith and Centeno. The drive from Plano to Atlanta is really nice because I like to see all the signs, the trees, and what has changed along the route. So, to end the year 2009, I tell you that it snowed 1 Inch yesterday and it was really cool and I had a fun time playing in it. What a way to end the year 2009. All in all, I had a good year with many big events and I hope you had a good year too. And, I can’t wait for another year of touching newsletters and hopefully, the 200th newsletter of The Christianville Spirit

(For the Last Time in 2009)

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. I hope you had good year in 2009 and be back here for another year of inspirational newsletters in 2010!

December 16, 2009

The Christianville Spirit: Christmas Traditions

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
December 16, 2009- TCS # 178

Ok, Everyone. It’s that time of year again, The Holiday Season. The Holiday Season has 4 holidays which are Hanukah, Christmas, Kwanza, and New Years. But, one major thing about every holiday season that everyone has is traditions. Traditions are things you like to do around that time of year that makes you feel like it’s that holiday. Like for me, that means putting the tree in the beginning of December, taking a drive through Deerfield(which in Plano, is THE neighborhood to see The Christmas Lights), and of course getting up Christmas Morning to see what Santa got us. You see, it seems though that Christmas is getting more about the shopping than traditions and spending time with Family. According to My Mom, Traditions and spending time with family were very big back then. Hence that oh so famous song “Home for The Holidays”. Now, when it comes to Christmas Music, people are much divided between the traditional music and today’s Christmas music (or I call it, Modern Christmas Music). As for me, I’m actually both, I’m mostly modern but, I love traditional ones like “ White Christmas”, “Home for The Holidays”, and of course, “Felix Navidad”. however, there are certain songs CAN NOT be remade like “The Little Drummer Boy” and a couple others. All in all, the point here is that you should spend time with Your Family, do your traditions, and maybe create new ones.


Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. I hope you have a wonderful Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Happy Kwanza. Enjoy The Holiday Season as much as I do.

December 9, 2009

The Christianville Spirit:(TCS Series) What We Think as Normal is......

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
December 9, 2009- TCS # 177

Ok, Everyone it’s time for the 7th and final installment of The Christianville Spirit Series, “Simple Affections”. Each time around New Years that Lake Superior State University in Michigan comes up with a list of words or phases that are overrated and shouldn’t be used in the next year; Well, I’m going to tell you should be on that list and that is Normal. But, I’m not going to write about how to be Normal, instead I’m going to write about what we think is normal and the cures of it. So, further a due this is The Christianville Spirit Series, “Simple Affections” on what we think is Normal.
WHAT WE THINK AS NORMAL is…?
Dressing a certain way to look great
Putting pictures of pretty girls to sell things. (which by the way effects little girls self-esteem)
Judging people by their language, skin color, clothes, and appearance
Hearing someone make jokes and make fun about people with Special Needs.
Misjudging people’s potential just by the way they look.
The Hurry, Hurry, Hurry lifestyle
Staring at someone because they have been burned or have something on their face.
So, now with all that stuff; how do you cure something like that?
Well, I’ll tell you, I’m calling it “How NOT to be Normal or The Anti-Normal”
Dance like no one is watching
Sing like no one is listening
Laugh at all the pictures of all the pretty girls because you know that you are more unique than them and if given the chance, Prettier than them.
Don’t laugh at the Special Needs Jokes they show on TV
Tell a little girl that she is in fact is pretty
If you’re at a festival and there’s someone playing music, stop for at least a minute and listen to them play.
And, most important of all, give someone a chance to show their potential before judging them.
All in all, the point is someone believes something is normal. But, you know there’s really no such thing is normal. There are different kinds of it.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Now, I have to ask, “Who really has disabilities, our society or people with Special Needs?” because I think it’s our society.

December 2, 2009

The Christianville Spirit:(TCS Series) Your Soulmate is......

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
December 2, 2009- TCS # 176

Ok, everyone. It’s time for 6th installment of The Christianville Spirit Series, “Simple Affections”. When I was deciding on what simplify I thought about writing about Love. But, however Love is hard to simplify because you can have different relationships. So, instead I’m going to write about something that is easier and much less complicated. So, I’m going to write about Soulmates. Now, before I begin, I have to explain what they are. Soulmates are people who you have fallen in love with or knew in a past life and then, you separate. In your current lifetime they are still out there. When you find each other again, you fall in love with them and you’re the happiest you can be. Now, some people do and don’t believe in Soulmates. But, I can tell you that I do, I know my Soulmate is out there looking for me and I know everyone has a Soulmate contrary to what they believe. Anyway, the final thing I’ll say before starting is that a lot of people believe in meeting them in different ways. Some people believe that they’ll meet them in the following ways: via Serendipity (Fate), just running in into them one day, by fasting and meditating, or just by searching for them long and hard. But, I wouldn’t recommend that last one; I plan on meeting her serendipitously. So, anyway without further a due this The Christianville Spirit Series, “Simple Affections” on Soulmates.


YOUR SOULMATE is….
The person that you knew in a past life and are probably trying to find you.
“The One”
The Love of Your Life
“The One” that will make you the happiest you have ever seen yourself
“The One” who will take care of you when you need it(as long as you do the same to them)
The One person that your family will actually like
The One person that your friends will actually like
The One person that, that statement “It’s too good to be true” never apply. But, remember that Your Soulmate will not be perfect. They will have a couple flaws but, none that you have to worry about.
The One person will do anything to keep the Romance and the chemical in your Brain, dopamine up. Now, as for me. If that ever happened I would take her to an amusement park, a new restaurant, drive down a new road; because they say that doing those things will give the brain adrenaline.
The One person created by God for You
And, finally the one person in which you will actually be very happy with everyday in the rest of your life!
All in all, Soulmates will have a very wonderful aspect on Your Life and you will with their life as well. So, I hope that for me and for you that your Soulmates show up. I mean, after all they may be just around the corner waiting for you with open arms.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. If you have met your Soulmate already, be very grateful that you have them with your life.