The Christianville Spirit: Real Talk about Relationships

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Makes You Wonder

May 17th, 2017-TCS # 545

Much Love to You, My Readers!  In Life, They say 2 Things that I like to live by and I am going to talk about and do both of Them. The First One, is that Life requires Risk, Good Risks meaning that Said Risk is good for You in The End and Bad Risks meaning, Don’t Do It, It will hurt those who Love You. Which brings me to The Second One, You do not choose Who You Fall in Love with. Those of Us, that Believe in Godly, Spiritual, or Universal Thinking believe that They come to You via Destiny, but They choose You and You choose Them, in some Round-A-About Way. So, How does all this Tie together? Well, One, This Newsletter is going to be about My Love Life, or actually My Future (Wanting to be Present) Love Life. But, The Risk involved in both This Newsletter and The Topic at Hand is Risky. So, In the Past, I have written about The Girl (Woman) of My Dreams, Bridgett and My Thoughts about Certain Aspects of It but, Never explained some of It. So, Refer to The Following Newsletters before I get going.

• PTLS Adult Struggles (September 2014)
• About The Girl of My Dreams (May 2012)

 Now that We have got that Done, Let’s move on. So, Before I get started and This is The Risk Part. This Newsletter is going to be Very Real for Me, as well as for You. Now, For Many Reasons, I am making this Newsletter, Rated R because of The Topics that I am going to mention about That are Concerning to Me. Disclaimer Here. **This is a Rated R Newsletter, there for If You don’t want to hear about Certain Topics, Stop when I say so**

 I will start Easy to most Common Things. So, as I feel that I am Want to Find My Soulmate and At This Age, being 29, I feel that It is Time that I acknowledge that One, I deserve Love; and, I need to think about What Kind of Love that I want in order to Settle and Have Lots of Adventures together. So, In My Head, I have been having a Debate in My Head that is Very Rocky to My Sensitive-Loving-Everyone-Heart. Will My Soulmate, whether She is Bridgett or not, Will She have Special Needs or Be Typical? At First, I thought that I would have No Preference, It would not matter to Me if The Love of My Life had Special Needs or was Typical. As I have thought about it more and more, Not to be Judgmental here, but, It kind of does Matter who You end up with and Spend The Rest of Your Life with (err...Or At Least, It matters to Me!). To Me, as well, The Real Part is that My Mind is telling me that, that is a Very Damning Question. Because I feel like I would be Damning both Special Needs People and Typical People as well. But, One has to go through Those Perimeters in order to Find The Person that I want to spend My Life with. “It’s The Heart that You would not mind spend Your Life with!”, I tell Myself. Yes, that is True. Looks don’t Matter. But, How We function Everyday, Doing Everyday Things, Really Matters. So, Here are The Perimeters, Help around The House and Help in General; Transportation; Relationship Progress and Fears (PG-13 to R). Just giving You Fair Warning! 

Help around The House and Help in General

So, I have come to a Point in My Life where, like it or not, I am going to need help with Certain Things. I am pretty Independent but, There are Some Things that I need help with. In My Future Plan, I have My Mom living either Next Door, In The Same House but, on The Other Side of The House, or At Least, on The Same Street. I am close to My Mom and She is close to Me. But, If I am with Someone of Special Needs and I am having a Hard Time doing something, like Opening a Jar that is Very Tight. I would give it to My Significant Other (Modern People say S.O) and She would try to Open it and She may or may not be able to do it either, whereas a Typical Person Might have a Better Try at it. I feel like Me and Special Needs would just go around and around being “You Open It, No You.” It would be Just Us, struggling to Figure Something Out. I could always Call My Mom and have her Help Me. Now, at The Present Time, My Brother is My Guardian if Something should happen to My Mom (It Is only, Just in Case). But, I personally plan on both My Brother and My SO helping Me in The Struggles with My Independence. If My SO has Special Needs, Then They will have Double Duty, helping Me and Her. Unless Her Parents, Take Care of Her and My Brother takes care of Me. 

Transportation

It did not come to My Attention until Watching Born This Way but, I questioned for a Second about Who would get Us places that We need to go. A Typical SO would Drive Us where We need to go, Go on Drives every now and Then, or Some Kind of Adventure. With a Special Needs SO, We may need More Help, either from My Mom, Her Parents, and My Brother. In an Emergency, I guess it would work the Same Way too. Uber or Public Transportation could only do so much.

Relationship Progess and Fears (PG-13 to R)

There have been Girls in The Past that I have Dated or Liked and A Couple of Them have PTLS which has been Mutual Like of Each Other. So, The Thought was Dating a Girl with PTLS is always a Possibility because We understand Each Other and We get along well. So, It makes me think, Would We feed off of Each other’s Fears, Anxieties, and Behaviors? or Would We Understand each other so well that We would Comfort each other. I wonder if We would understand each other too much, No Progress in The Relationship, We would be Very Stubborn, and Nothing would get Done. A Typical Person may not understand me and get frustrated with Me. Then, with Every Relationship, There is The Topic of having Children.  As much as I like Children, I would not want to have Children. Besides there being a 50/50 Chance of Children having PTLS, It would be Very Hard for Me to take care of them. So, with that being Considered, My Mom and I have talked about Me having a Vasectomy so that I can not Children and The Fear would be Gone. There are always worries of Texture Issues with Relationships and The Worry is Real. A Special Needs SO may have the Same Issue with It, which is Something that Parents may not be thinking about. A Typical SO may not understand My Texture Issue and I would be Afraid of What Might Happen. So, PTLS Family Members, It maybe be hard to Picture your child as an Adult but, Please do us a Favor and Understand that It is Hard for Everyone. I hope this helps! All in all, We PTLSers have to think through a lot of This Stuff even though It is may not be Easy to Talk about This. So, We need to be able to talk about This Stuff with Our Parents who Understand Us. I’m sorry if This is too Much for You, but To Me, This is Very Real!

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Understand Us with an Open Mind! We are all Deserving of Love.

The Christianville Spirit: Why We Have Moms- A Christianville Classic

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Makes You Wonder

May 10th, 2017-TCS # 544

Happy (Early) Mother’s Day, My Readers! Yes, It is that Time of Year, A Time to reflect, Love on, and Thank Your Mom! Now, Before I Begin, It has come to My Attention that a Few Respective People in My Life have Lost Their Mothers, something that I personally can not even Imagine! I want you to know that I am here for You and that I am sure that Your Mother (whoever they are) Loved You Very Much! So, Moral of This Story is to appreciate Everything that Your Mom does for You. Mother’s Day really should be called “Mother’s Appreciation Day”!

Anyway, In My Weekly Question of “What am I going to Write about?”, I have come to The Realization that for the 11 Years I have been writing, I have written some Good Newsletters about Moms and Mother’s Day. But, This One Newsletter that I wrote for Mother’s Day has been repeated and Rerun so Many Times (Sometimes The Gold Newsletters that I write deserve to be reran), I think that It deserves the title, A Classic! Meaning, No Matter how many Times I rerun it, It will never get Old, It is Classic. We can call these Classic Newsletters, Christianville Classics. Now, I am going to Keep most of The Classic Reasons, but at the Same Time instead of just making it a Rerun, I am going to Remix it a bit and add more. This is The Christianville Classic is called “Why We Have Moms”. Enjoy and Happy Mother’s Day!

This Week, I am going to Rerun a Gold Newsletter that I had Written about Mother’s Day. A Bit of a Background here though, First of All, the Basics, This Newsletter was written on May 15th of 2013 (Refer to Newsletter 351). I’m not sure if I mentioned in The Newsletter below about The Origin but, Before This Newsletter entitled “Why We have Moms”, I had written one about “Why We have Children” so, If You Will, The “Why We Have Moms” was sort of an Extension, A Sequel to The “Why We have Children” Newsletter. (Refer to Newsletter 273; November 2011). Anyway, I hope You know You PTLS Member Moms are Brilliant (I Love that Word!) Moms and My Mom is By Far, The Most Brilliant! Enjoy!

So, As You all know, Sunday was Mother’s Day here in The United States, I say that because Mother’s Day is on a different day in other parts of The World. But, Anyway, Mother’s Day is a very important holiday to Me because of one thing that I am ever grateful for, My Mom, as well as Moms in general. Moms are Awesome! But, Why do we have Moms? Now, I’m sure you are reading this, thinking, “Why do We Have Moms?! What kind of Crazy Question is that?!” and others would wonder and ponder about it. So, I’m going to answer that question, “Why Do We Have Moms?”. Well, Truth is, there are a lot of reason why, but here are MY Reasons Why.

1. They birthed us; through hard labor, sometimes, Hours of it. In My Mom’s Case, A C-section that she felt the whole time (the anesthesia didn’t work!)  
2. They are our Secondary Quilt, Beanie Baby, or Blankie when we are Babies (Because We like to Snuggle)
3. They are “Best Friends” when we don’t have any Real Friends and They always will be, whether you like it or not.
4. In The 90’s (And, Probably still now) They are Our Seat Belts when someone slams on their brakes. Even though We already have our Seat Belt on.
5. They are our Protecter, Guard, and Guard-Rail Fence against Evil, Mean, or Hurtful Forces.
6. (If You Let Her Do This One, You are Lucky) They are Your Matchmaker. As in, walking up to the Prettiest Girl around and saying, “Hey, Check Out My Son, He’s a REALLY Good Catch!” and You always say, “Moooom!”. But, You never know if that girl might be the Girl of Your Dreams!
7. If You have a Bully or Hateful/Hurtful Person in Your Life, “Momma Bear” will come out and it will NOT be Pretty!
8. In My Case, If You have Special Needs, Your Mom will go to all lengths to get you what you need, help you in anyway possible, and be there for you when you need her. Even going through many teary-eyed and bull-headed IEP Meetings!
9. They know what is best for You, Way before You Do.

1. Most Importantly, They are Your Mother and Whether You Like it or Not, They will be the only person besides Your Soulmate that will be by your side Forever!
2. When It comes to Your Dreams, They will be do One (or All) of A Few Things; Be right beside You as You ride through It (like My Laser Hair Removal), Help You in The Middle of It, or Cheer The Loudest for You (Who is That?! Oh, That’s My Mom!) along The Side Lines.
3. In The Moment that You say, “I Do”. She will be There. Most likely in front cheering, following being in The Back, Crying Her Eyes out. (Ohh Mom!)
4. When You Graduate from High School or Any Life Event that is Important to both of You. Yep, She’ll be Crying there too. 
5. They will always be There if You need to have a Heart-to-Heart Talk or Vice Versa, Where They have a Heart-to-Heart with You
6. They will let You go Where ever You want when You are an Adult on Three Conditions. One, It is not Dangerous. Two, It is not a Stupid Decision and, Three, You shall at some point, Come back and Live Near Mom (Or at Least, That is My Own Old-Fashioned Mom) Are You Listening, Michael?!
7. They will be Honest with You. Sometimes more than You want them to. But, Believe Me, You will be Grateful in The End.
8. They will have Many Talks with You. In One of Three Versions; Either a Heart-to-Heart Talk, “Step into My Office”(Sometimes Good and Sometimes Not) , or “A Come-to-Jesus Meeting”.
9. She’ll be there to Pick You Up if You are Down and Cheer when You are Up.
10. In My Case, they are your Road Buddy or Your Chauffeur when you want to go somewhere. By The Way, That is a Condition that Can not be taken advantaged of. 
11. This may sound a bit too Honest, but from a Man’s View, Let’s face it, Your Family, Your House (applying to Guys), and Your Life would be a Mess without Your Mom.
12. No Matter How Young or Old You are, It is Perfectly Okay to say that You need Your Mommy.

 So, Those are My Reason as to “Why We Have Moms”. All in All, My Mom and I have always had this system where I ask her, “Mom, Why do you do this?” and she answers, “It is in The Book of Moms!”.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Cherish Your Mom, She is Your Best Friend!

The Christianville Spirit: Angels Among Us

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Make You Wonder

May 3rd, 2017-TCS # 543

Happy May, My Readers! Whenever a New Month comes, I always say “Happy Whatever-Month-It-Is”, even January. So, This Month is the Month of Lynee Day, not to be confused with Lynee Week, which is the Week of Her Birthday. May, however is The Month of Her Death. Now, I know it is one of those Oh-So-Sensitive Things to talk to Lynee’s Family about, not just for Them, but Myself as well. Of Course, I have a Comfort knowing that I celebrate Lynee Day as if it were a Holiday and Have comfort that She is My Guardian Angel. It should be treated like a day to celebrate ones life, sort of like how We Americans celebrate Veteran’s Day or Memorial Day. To Lynee’s Family, though, I know how it feels, it is sort of like My Feeling about Bad Luck or Deaths in April (refer to the “My Feelings about God and April” Newsletter), I feel it is basically their equivalent of that, only worse.    

Now, I am here to tell you that Death, that Oh-So-Sensitive and Uncomfortable Topic that comes up is bad, but Let Me try to explain it to You, how I see it because to Me, How I see it Calms me, easies the Grief, and brings me Comfort.

So, Death to Me, is a matter of Life. Basically, after You pass away, if You are Good, You go to Heaven and If not, then You go to a Very Dark Place. Most would called it, Hell, but, Let’s be a little nicer for Any Kids reading this. “The Bad Place”. Not to Rip off The TV Show, The Good Place, more like Referencing it. Now, as usual, after Someone that You know or Love passes away, You tend to Grieve. Now, There are People, to be fair, that grieve longer than others and That is Okay, and It is Natural. For Me, I grieve like Everyone Else but, in a Shorter Span. However, Just because You have “Got Done” Grieving, does not mean that You forget, but More on The Line of Honoring Them or Giving them a Job to do in Heaven (The Good Place, If You want to call it that) and Expect them to do it. I would believe Heaven gets boring sometimes! You love all the Good but at The Same Time, I would Imagine that too much Good gets a Little “Too Good to be True” and You want to do something productive.

Now, Yes, I grieve in some way Every April to mark the Many Deaths in My Family that month as well as Lynee but, I would rather have an Observance to Honor Them and Think about them at The Same Time. I do a Moment of Silence on Lynee Day to honor her, Think of Her, and Give Her some of My Time. One Thing that makes Death not so Hard for Me is My Intuition. It is One of The Gifts of Having PTLS because I can sense if Someone (like an Angel) is around or not, as well as People’s Emotions on Earth. I think I wrote a Newsletter all about My Intuition (Refer to “My Intuition” Newsletter). So, To Say that I believe in Angels would be an Understatement. 

So, I know now, that You are probably wondering about Those Jobs that I give My Angels. Good On, Christian! You would Say! So, a little Back Story! Let’s Rewind The Tapes! (Tapes winding backwards) with The Sound of a Baby Crying. NO, Not that Far! Anyway, After I found out about Lynee’s passing, 2 Years after She did, I was Pretty Shocked, and Yes, I was Very Sad about it, but, I turned it around and appointed her My Guardian Angel. Not sure why at The Time, but I wanted her to be My Angel because I Loved Her and Wanted her to know it. 

It was after My Friend, Deb’s Mom’s Death (refer to “The Famous Deb” Newsletter), I started to wonder about What Job to give her, It took 2 Years for Me to figure it out because She (I refer to Her as “Ma”) is Very Strong Spirit/Angel. When “Ma” was around, I would know it because My Computer would Mess up, My TV/Cable would Mess Up, and Yes, Even The Radio messed up a Few Times. She loved Electronics! It was after The Election, in My News/Geography/History/Political Mind that like Trump, I should have My Own Cabinet of Angels. So, Because I believe in Angels and Destiny, I appointed “Ma” to be My Director of Destiny (The Head of My Cabinet). In Other Words, I feel that due to The Fact that “Ma” is strong spirit and because of Exciting Life on This Earth, She would be in charge of The Leads and Security of My Life. God talks to Her first. One Time I went to The Doctor and The Doctor was not Very Nice, when The Medical Assistant or otherwise known as “The CMA” came in and She was trying to get to The Computer in The Office to work and All of The Computers in The Doctor’s Office shut down. They turned back on, as I was ready to leave, All of The Computers turned back on. And, that is just One of Many Times when “Ma” showed up. Next Person in My Cabinet is Lynee, She is My Guardian Angel. She makes sure that I am doing the Right Thing and Watching over Me. Then, Comes My other Two Directors. My Mom’s Dad, “Popi”, I have appointed him My Director of Family. He is in Charge of Everything that My Family, Intermediate and Smith Family does. He also keeps watch over Our Family. Then, The Most Recent Death of Our Friend and Relation of a PTLS Family Member, Faith Thompson. I have appointed her, The Director of PTLS Family Members and Foundation. It is Her Job to watching over The Events for The PTLS Foundation, Brings Positivity, and Angel Support to PTLS Family Members and Children. She has a Special Job watching over The PTLS Children around The World. Faith was Very Special to The PTLS Foundation as well as Us Personally. So, Basically, Everywhere I go, I take some of My Cabinet with Me. Even when I went on The Cruise, I took The Director of Destiny, Lynee (Guardian Angel), and The Director of PTLS Family Members. I have a lot of Comfort knowing that I have them. Electronics and Lights from Ma, Chills and White Stones from Lynee, Pennies from “Popi”, and Feathers and Positive Results from Faith. I know they are all around Me. All in all, You may miss People who have Passed Away but, They are always around us!

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Angels are among us, They never leave us. Go talk to Them!

The Christianville Spirit: Insulting Our Inteliigence

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Makes You Wonder

April 26th, 2017-TCS # 542

Hej, My Readers! That is The Swedish Greeting for Hello, said just like “Hey” only with a Swedish Twang to it. So, I have Special Needs. That is really No Surprise but, Sometimes, I need things “Adapted” or “Edited” to help me in Whatever I need to do. Edited, actually sounds nicer. I realize that Yes, I will need certain things Edited throughout My Life, but How Much is too much? Well, My Mom and I had an unplanned discussion about that. My Mom and I always have the Best Discussions that just come out of No Where. So, She told me of an App that allows People with Special Needs to Talk to one another. A Special Needs Facebook, if You will. For The Record, Anything I say in This Newsletter is Respectful but, also Honest, so I do not mean to Offend Anyone either Reading this or Know What what I am talking about. Just thought I would mention that before I get too far into This. Anyway, so, I check this App out. I gave it a little preview, see The Screenshots, Video, and Read any Reviews. My Mom told me that She thought that It is a Good Idea, but also has Problems. Because There was not a Way to screen the Users for Safety Concerns. Because We see The Good in People and Trust Everyone. I was not impressed with it Either. You see, although It is Harsh to think about or even Say, Often, Special Needs People are treated like a Child or An Overgrown Child, If You are a Young Adult like Me. Basically, Too Much Adaption or Too Much Editing, to make it seem like Special Needs People are just not smart and assuming that They need things in Literally Baby Steps (and, Yes, with Certain Things, We do!). I read the description of The App and I felt that it was written as if Telling a Child that They are “Special” and that This App could help them communicate among Other “Special” People and Their Families. Making the Word, “Special” to mean that You are Standing Out and VERY Different than Everyone Else. And, It is Okay to be Different, but not THAT Different. The Video to encourage people to download this app was the Song, “Can You Tell Me how to get to Sesame Street?”. Very Child-like Song. Later, It mentions that You can see what Friends are up to, Communicate, and Basically Everything that You can do on Facebook. Then, at the End, It mentions that It has all the Photo Editing stuff in it that You could dream of. After reading The Beginning of The Description, and At The End of it, It mentions The Photo Editing, like I was thinking, “Most People, not even Me, know how to do all that!”. This is Really Confusing and Sends a Mixed Message. We need something that protects us in The Areas that We need it and Don’t Insult Our Intelligence.

Anyway, The App aside here. I explained to My Mom that, Sometimes, with Respect to The Maker of The App, Some People have The Most Brilliant Idea in Their Head and Once It is out of Their Head, Getting it off The Ground is Very Challenging and Maybe did not come out the Way that They had hoped. I think, that is an Issue with Really Anyone. Heck, I have that Problem myself. I get Brilliant Ideas for Things, Put them on Paper, and They don’t turn out the way I wanted or It is hard for Me to get it off The Ground. Now, not to Single People out here, But There are People with Special Needs that need to have things in Easy Mode. I understand that. But, To Me, as PTLSer, It is an Insult to My Intelligence. I preach this all the Time but, It always need Repeating, PTLS Family Members, Your Child is Much Smarter than You realize! Too often though, That  is the Most Common Issue with PTLSers and Even People with Special Needs in General, People do not realize how Smart that We are. Now, Yes, We may need help with Doing Certain Things like Cooking, Grooming, or Things to Accomplish Something that We want to do. Even though Your Child may not speak very well, We are Very Smart inside, soaking Everything Up and Know More than You Think. So, Often Teachers, Doctors, and Yes, Even Parents, don’t give us enough credit. We are Limited and Thought to be Less than Others, Every Time You say, “My Child has Special Needs”. All in all, Basically, We want to be treated like Everyone Else, with Respect and Sensitivity. We do have Limits that need to be Respected, but at The Same Time, Don’t Treat us like a Little Child. 

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. We may have Special Needs, but We are Very Unique!

The Christianville Spirit: A Cruise of A Lifetime-Part 2

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Makes You Wonder

April 19th, 2017-TCS # 541

Happy Lynee Week, My Readers! Lynee Week?! I thought There was only a Lynee Day. I got the Idea from My Uncle Craig who names The Week of His Birthday, Craig Week. So, Why not, The Week of Lynee’s Birthday be Lynee Week and The Day that She passed will be Lynee Day. Just to avoid Confusion There, Folks! Anyway, on to This Week’s Newsletter and It’s going to be a Good One. So, First of all, There were Two Things I forgot to mention about The Cruise and Then, We will talk about Something Real that is relating to that. So, First Off, If You have not read Last Week’s Newsletter about The Cruise proper, Please Read it Now before You continue reading this one. I forgot to Mention that I went on a Ropes Course on the Top Deck of The Ship. Me, Edward, and Marvin all did it. It actually was pretty scary but, We figured that Why not try it out?! It took a lot for both of us to do it, We got to do it at Our Pace, and Got applause at The End. I forgot to also mention that I tried a bunch of Different Foods on The Ship, among them, Escargot; Braised Ox Tongue; Veal; Frog Legs; and, Mussels. I found The Frog Legs and Mussels to be the Most Gross. (Sorry Michael!) My Brother, when He was younger LOVED Frog Legs! The Best was The Ox Tongue because It tasted like Pork. I Blame Marvin’s Zen and His Curiosity about the “Rare Finds” on The Menu! And I will save the Best One for Last. Anyway, for Those of You wondering about If I have recovered or not from The Cruise, I can tell you that I have. I am still working a little but, Mostly Recovered. It took a Little over a Week. It took a Week to catch up on Facebook, Videos I watch, TV Shows, The News, and Of Course, My Normal Everyday Life. I actually left ALL of My Electronics behind! Yes, I can not believe that either! I had never done that, not since I have ever had Electronics. I will tell you though, It felt really good, not having any Electronics with Me. 

But, anyway It felt like I had forgotten what things looked like, What has going on before and while I was Gone, Feeling like Everything was Changing (and, Construction on My Street during The Process, did not help at all), and Finally, Processing Everything that I did, Places I went, The Fun that We have on The Trip! But, This is where I feel that I should be Real about. 

So, Imagine for Me, something in The Mind of a PTLSer. Now, Up until This Point of My Life, I had never been able to Explain Being Overwhelmed and Why It takes so Long for Me to Recover from Something that Typical People would consider “Fun”. Now, I want to make Clear that I could not have gone with any Better People! And, Yes, I had Lots of Fun! It was Unbelievable, UnBelizeable! (We went to Belize, We can say that!) They made sure that between Edward and Myself, that We were doing Alright as well as Taking Steps and Provisions to keep us from Getting Overwhelmed or It being too much. Believe Me though, There are Times in a Cruise when It can get Overwhelming, even if You don’t mean it to be. Anyway, on to My Analogy!

So, Imagine that on a Vacation, Trip, or Event, that You have given a Plate of Food, One Item is The Past, One Item is The Fear of Unknown, and One Item is Things You that You do not Understand. Now, Said Items vary in Size depending on The Event in Question. It may be in Large Quantities sometimes, No Big Deal other times. Every Day, You eat the Item and When You do, You have analyze each Item, as well as Each Bite, and Then Digest Each Bite. Well, Imagine that You are eating all This Food at a Lightning Go-Go-Go Pace instead of The Slow Pace that You are used to. Does not sound Easy does it? It sort of reminds me of All of The Food that I ate on The Cruise. I could count 7 Things in various sizes that I ate, literally in a 5 Hour Period. Then, Again, Do as The Romans do, I wanted to try Everything. The PTLS Family Members, SueVa and Marvin who took me on The Cruise asked me a Very Thought Provoking Question. When was The Last Time that I went on a Trip without ANY Family Members and/or Going to a Family Members’ Home? Well, The Last Time I went on a Trip that I mentioned in Last Week’s Newsletter was with My Brother and We flew to Ohio to Popi’s (My Mom’s Dad) House to drive up north to a Cabin for Spring Break in Northern Lower Michigan and that was back in 2004. But, Actually, There was a Time I went somewhere without Any Family, just Friends from School. It was when I went to Camp Classen back in Elementary School, Back in The 90’s. It went Way worse than The Cruise, Way Worse! I did not have a lot of Fun at Camp. I had to deal with Bullies, who One Night stole My Underwear while I was showering. They thought it would be Funny to lock me in The Bathroom (Toilet, for You folks Around The World) on The Bus while We were at a Rest Area. There were supposed to be Adults watching Us! And, Yes, They helped, a Little a bit. I have forgave The People in Question for doing that. So, Perhaps, that did not help with The Anxiety about going on The Cruise, on top of previously going on a More Overwhelming Cruise. All in all, The Best for Last Thing that I forgot to mention was about Our Cruise Director, Schwartz. He was a Really Funny Guy! He believed that all of Passengers on “The Lovely and Beautiful Carnival Breeze” was Family. So, After Every Announcement, He would end with “Love You!”. By The Middle of The Cruise, He would say “Love You!” followed by either “Love You More!” or “Stop It, I Love YOU More!”. I, of course, would respond to Him, Pointing upwards “Love You!”. I did get to talk to Him for a Short Time. By The Way, If You want to go on a Cruise and Hear Him say that, Ride on The Carnival Breeze, as He will be on it for Several Months. 

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. As Our Cruise Director, Schwartz would say “Love You!”

The Christianville Spirit: A Cruise of A Lifetime

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Makes You Wonder

April 12th, 2017-TCS # 540

Welcome Back, My Readers! Although April is not My Favorite Month, Happy April to You! So, Where was I last week? I write My Newsletters every week religiously! Well, Actually, I have quite an Amazing Feat to Tell You about. I Went on a Cruise. For The First Time in like, 14 Years. 7 Days, 4 People traveling together. Going on The Carnival Breeze to Roatan, Honduras; Belize; and, Cozumel. All without My Mom (Well, Actually, without ANY of My Parents!). Now, I know You are expecting a Traditional Cruise Story, but This is what I believe to be a Very Real Cruise Story. So, a Little Background Story. So, Last Time I went on a Cruise was a lot. Lots of Activity, Go-Go-Go, Do This, Do That, Do This!, and Yes, a Little Recklessness in there too. And, Yes, This Cruise had all the Activity, Things to do constantly, and A Ton of Food, but This Cruise was presented in a Way that Yes, We can do Some Things but, We also have to have some Moderation and Calming in between. On Top of that, It was Done with People that Knew Me well enough to want to Take Me on a Cruise, It was A Wonderful Gesture and Understood Me well enough to Help in The Case that I needed it. So, This Family (A PTLS Family) and I had discussed Several Times about A “PTLS Cruise”, a Mini-PTLS Vacation before or after The PTLS Conference. Well, One Day, They offered for Me to go on a Cruise saying that They will provide The Transportation and You just have to say Say Yes or No. At First, I thought I’m not sure, I went on a Cruise before and It was VERY Overwhelming. I came back more stressed than before. I Am not Sure! Eventually, after some Comfort from both of Them and My Mom, I figured that I would be Stupid to say No. Even after I said, I would go, I was Very Anxious because I knew about All The Activity and Craziness that was Involved in a Cruise. My Mom and I had Several Discussions that How One Simple Experience in One Thing or Even, One Place; Can effect your impression of Said Thing. So, To Me, A Cruise meant that You were running a Mile a Minute doing XYZ and Getting a little Trouble in there never hurt, Right? I am believing that It took a Good Heart-to-Heart with My Friend, Deb (“The Famous Deb”) to convince me that I should go on a Cruise with Them. The Biggest Anxiety that ruled all of Them about going on a Cruise, was The Fact that I was going without My Mom. If I did this, It would be The First Time I went anywhere without My Mom since 2004, when I took a Trip with My Brother to My Mom’s Dad, Popi’s House back when He was around. After I formally said that I was going on The Cruise, I did not know all of the Things that I had to do Mentally to prepare for an Adventure like This, It took Many Meetings with The Family, Talking about Concerns and Questions, Talks with My Mom, a Few Meltdowns, and Preparing My Mind. Now, As The Cruise started coming closer, I got more Anxious. I Want to Make Sure that We have Planned What We are going to do for Excursions! It was One of Those Times, for lack of a Better Way to Describe It. I turned into My Grandma Honey, Got to have a Plan a Month in advance! The Man of The Family, “The Father Figure”, We’ll call him until I say their names, was like “Relax, Everything will be Fine. We will Plan as We Go”. Looking back, I am very Glad I followed His Lead. Anyway, A Day before The Cruise, It was Time to Pack. Thank God, My Mom was there to help! I had Everything that I needed, Sunglasses; Sun Screen; A Tuxedo for Formal Night (Held Two different Days); Swim Suit, but The Most Complicated Part for Me was The Clothes. I was going on a Cruise for a Week without My Mom and I would not have contact with Her for a Few Days at Sea until We reached a Port. It made me Very Anxious to do This! My Mom tried her hardest to help me remember what to wear on What Day and Eventually We settled on “Here are Some Nice Clothes to Wear in The Evening or If It gets Cold” but, also “Let’s get clothes that will Match, either way that You match them. You can Mix and Match if You want to”. So, The Night before The Cruise, We all met for Dinner, and discussed Any other Concerns or Questions that Either of Us had. Right before We go, I hop in The Car, My Mom comforts me and asks if I am Ready or Not and I said, “I am Ready as I will Ever Be”. By The Way, The Family in The Question that I went was PTLS Member SueVa, Boyfriend and “Father Figure” Marvin, and 10 Year Old PTLSer, Edward. Now, I had only hung out with SueVa and Marvin for a Few Hours at a Time and I was going to be with Them for 7 Days. The Morning of The Cruise, It was Very Early to get on The Road to drive to Galveston, I told SueVa, “We are going to Learn a lot about Each Other This Week” and She agreed, and said “If It is Good, then That is Okay and If It is Bad, We will work through It”. I also explained that “If You want to learn about Someone, You travel with Them”. I was Very Concerned about How They travel. Some People like to Jam to The Radio, Sing their Heart out! Some People like to Talk the Whole Way, and Of Course, Some People like to have it Silent and “Be with Their Thoughts”. Honestly, I would prefer a Mix of Talking and Listening to The Radio. So, After The Drive, which went Better than expected, We hopped on The Boat, Checked Out Our Room, Had Lunch, and Explored The Ship. Now, Picture with Me, a Room that is in The Best Way I can describe, “An IKEA-Sized Room” for Four People, with Three Adults and One Child. And, this Room is an Interior Room, so When The Lights were Off, It is Pitch Black except for The Small Lights next to The Bathroom Light Switch and The Light under The Door of The Hallway. Add in there, that You never spend the night with The People that You are with, nor a PTLS Family Member in General. You don’t know their Sleeping habits, Snoring, the List goes on. It was a bit Strange in The Beginning, but I got used to it. The Rest of The Cruise, was Really Fun. Like I said, We did Everything in Moderation and The Best Part, We did Everything together. So, In The Day, We would Get Food, Watch or Go Somewhere There was High Activity, then We would Slow Down and Walk around the Ship, Eat Food, or Watch a Trivia Game. There were Times when I wondered while watching something of a Low Activity Level like Trivia, Jenga-like Game, or Shopping Show (I really wanted to see The Excursion Show but, Brunch ran Late that Day.) “Why am I sitting here when I should be Outside soaking in The Sun?!” I talked to SueVa about it later and We both came up The Conclusion that If You went Outside (like on The Lido Deck), There would be a lot of Activity. As Much as We were Together, We were only Separated One Morning because I slept in a Bit and They went to Breakfast (We met up after I woke up) and, In The Evening, when It was Edward’s Bedtime Routine. That took time getting used to having Time to Myself in the Late Evening, but after a while, I took it by The Horns and I would go and take a Walk to Some of My Favorite Parts of The Ship or to Watch whatever After-Party There was after The Show that We watched. Other Times, It would be a Performance or even Trivia Game in The Atrium to watch. I enjoyed walking to The Back and Side of The Sip to Watch and Listen to The Ocean. Anytime We were Outside or on The Lido Deck during the Day, I would love to just sit and watch The Blue Ocean go by. My Favorite Places were Back of The Lido Deck and on The 5th Deck, Lanai. So, The Excursions followed Somewhat of The Same Theme of Activity and Calm. 

So, In Roatan, referred to as “Isle Roatan” (Pronounced “Row-Ah-Tahn”), All of Us hopped in a Taxi and took a Tour of The Island. We went to both sides of The Island, both East End and West End. East End is more Local and Poor, where as West End is more Upscale and Touristy. So, The High Activity was going to Mayan Eden where They had a Monkey Park and a Canopy. I personally, did not want to do The Monkeys so, I took The Zip Line option. The Zip Line was Something that I wanted to do on This Trip, It was The Whole Reason that I wanted to go to “Isle Roatan”. But, Once I got to Roatan, I figured that If We were going to Zip Line, then We were, but If not, that was Okay too. I got more comfortable driving around Roatan in The Taxi. To Say that The Zip line was a Challenge, would be an Understatement. However, Marvin gave me The Option to do it or not, and He gave me The Support I needed to do it. At The Beginning, due to Liability Reasons, I had Sign My Life away (without My Guardian, Mom to look over It) which gave me Anxiety. Once I got going, My Anxiety was Okay, that until I started spinning and I was sure if I was supposed to or Not. and My Hands went Everywhere to reach for The Brake which I had to use My “Strong Hand” which was not that Strong. The Low Activity part of Roatan was going to Local Restaurant that Marvin loves to go to and Eat an Authentic Honduran Lunch. Believe It or Not, Several People eating Lunch together recognized Me asking I was who I was. Marvin, SueVa, and I joked around it later saying “You can’t even go on a Cruise without being Recognized!”. 

After Roatan, was a High Activity Carnival Excursion to Lamanai Ruins. All of Us actually climbed The Tallest Pyramid that was The 3rd Tallest Building in Belize. It was Very Hot that Day, like 95 Degrees with Humidity. The River Boat going out to The Ruins and back was a Nice Break from The Heat. Every Now and Then, There was a Breeze in The Air that really helped cool us off. 

On The Final Port Day was Cozumel. On this Day, We took it a lot more Easier than The Day before. We took a Taxi Tour of The Island and The Mayan Ruins. We visited a Beach Resort; Punta Sur; Lava Rocks (We were Very Careful about that!); and, I wanted to go someplace Local to Eat Lunch, and We asked The Taxi Driver for a Suggestion and He took us a Very Local Place. We were the Only Tourists that were at This Place. It was actually a Restaurant in a Neighborhood. After that, We went back to The Pier and Hopped on The Boat. Once We were back on The Boat, We People watched a lot and Did My Favorite Thing... watching The Ocean. All in all, It was a Big Deal for Me to do This but, at the Same Time, I was with People who understand PTLS and How It Works. SueVa found a lot of Similarities between Edward and I, like Humming and Riding The Glass Elevator over and over. SueVa also learned a lot about Not Only Edward but, Adult Life with PTLS.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Vacations are seen Differently through Different Eyes.

The Christianville Spirit: My PTLS Awareness Month Closing

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Makes You Wonder

March (Marzo) 29th, 2017- TCS # 539

Ahoj, My Readers! That is a Greeting in Czech that means “Hello”. Well, My Awesome and Brilliant PTLS Family Members and Friends, We did it! We spread awareness far and wide of Potocki-Lupski Syndrome. Like a Mother to Child saying, I am so Proud of You!! The Best Mentions was All of PTLS Family Members wearing Green on Potocki-Lupski Syndrome Awareness; We had an Ice Cream Social with Our Neighbors on March 11th to Celebrate The Day; My PTLS “Aunt” Angie had People donate to The PTLS Foundation on My Mom’s Birthday and That was The Sweetest Gift Ever; and, Just telling People about PTLS. The People that, at least I feel, did The Most Honoring was both of My Neighbors, Miss Patty and Miss Kelly. After My Mom told Miss Patty about PTLS (who writes a Mommy Blog, Shout Out!) and between Her and Three Kids, They have been spreading The Word about PTLS. I really appreciate it and It means a lot to Me! They wore Their Shirts many times This Month. Best Neighbors Ever, I tell ya! Sometimes, The Active Neighbors, The Ones that You would not expect to be so involved in a Cause that is Near and Dear to Your Heart are The Ones that You are Most Surprised by. Everyone should have Active Neighbors in Your Neighborhood because otherwise, Your Neighborhood would be Boring. Anyway, enough about Praising My Awesome Neighbors! Sometimes, People forget that It is not just PTLS Awareness Month to spread Awareness about PTLS, In fact It is All Year. So, Don’t be Disappointed about PTLS Awareness Month closing because PTLS Awareness is All Year Long. Just Remember that Shirt Sales only go for so long and They are going on for 10 More Days and that is it. Then, They start up again in January. Be Ready, Folks! So, Let’s Focus on Something in PTLS that not Many People would believe until You told them. PTLSers are in Fact Very Smart! When It comes to Whatever Interests them, They excel in It. For Example, There was a Time that I was into The Stock Market. Well, Okay, not into it, like Investing, but Into it meaning, Keeping an Eye on it. Actually, I still do that Every Day, I check the Stock Market to see where it is. I even check My Mom’s Home Depot stock that She invested once. It is interesting to watch them go up and come down, and Vice Versa. Who would have thunk that I would be Interested in How Geography, History and Politics (World Events) mix together and Believe me, They do! It amazes myself because There was a Time that I hated History, It is only about Dates and When this or that happened and Geography is Where Some Place is, How could they mix? But, If You look at How Something happened in One part of The World effected Something else in The World, It is Astounding. As well as, If You look at Any Political Event in The World, It’s Geography, and Possible History in The World, You would see how it all comes together. So, Here is why People forget that PTLSers are not Smart or Intelligent and They underestimate our abilities. The Diagnosis stops them. or at least, that is What People think anyway. So, In turn, We are limited. Now, I understand that getting The Diagnosis can be Hard (as I am sounding like My Mother for a Minute), Can be Challenging, and Very Hard to accept. Believe Me, I have seen PTLS Members stop at The Diagnosis and Halt the Brakes. No, I am not going down that Strange Highway to a Place I have NO Idea where I am going! But, Believe Me, You find some cool stuff on That PTLS Highway that You probably never would expect to See. However, If You drive down The Highway completly unlimited, Your Child will be so Beyond Brilliant that as My Brother would say “You don’t even Knoow!” So, Offer an Opportunity for us to Learn, Give us a little Push (Okay, a Gentle Harder Push because We are stubborn!) All in all, We can do More than what You think! Hope is always a Great Thing, but With Us, Learn to Expect Great Things. Just ask My Mom, She’ll give You all the Tips!

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Believe that We are Geniuses and We will prove You Right!

The Christianville Spirit: Multi-Birthday Party in Atlanta

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Makes You Wonder

March (Marzo) 22nd, 2017-TCS # 538

Happy Spring, My Readers! Yes, Folks! It is Spring! Time for Growth, Time for Warmer Weather, and No More Snow. Even though, Us down here in Dallas, only got Ice once This Winter, but Maybe Next Winter we will get more. Anyway, so In The Month of March (Marzo, I like to call it), My Grandma Honey, All of My Uncles except Uncle Brian (Uncle Craig and Uncle Bruce), and My Mom all have Birthdays in March. Yes, Crazy, right?! Anyway, so Grandma Honey had an Idea that Why don’t we have What I’ll call a “Multi-Birthday Party” to celebrate Everyone’s Birthday all at One Time. And, Possible Bonus, Have the Whole Family meet My Brother’s Girlfriend, Nicole. Well, The Family Meeting Nicole thing did not work out because She was Busy with Something else and Her Spring Break would have been this week. But, We made do. Anyway, so We brought all of The Family to Atlanta to have a Family Reunion and also Celebrate Everyone’s Birthday while we were at it. We also brought Paco with us so that My Brother could see him too! Yes, I did get to hang out with My Brother, It was really good to see him in Person. I missed him a lot and I still miss him! But, The Most Amazing Thing happened while We were There, Me and Some of My Cousins; Olivia, Anna, Lyall, and Gram respectively, bonded more together than We have. Take Olivia, She lives up in Ohio and I rarely see her, but She is Very Smart for Her Age, curious about The World and How it works. Her and I took Paco on One of Many Walks through The Town of Norcross, and We talked about The World and She even asked about PTLS. I thought that was So Awesome! She asked me if There was anyone else who, in her words, “Had what I had” and I told her that Yes, We are represented in 45 Countries and have One in 20,000 Children, and There are a lot of People who are like me. At first, when She asked, I was shocked! Like “Where did that come from?”. But, I was Very Proud to tell her about it and I am proud of Her for Asking about it. Gram and I always bond about Different Things, Family being One of Them, as well as Interests in Transportation, Airplanes especially. Lyall, who lives in Florida, again I don’t get to see that often but, We bonded during a Game that All of the Family played. We played a Game sort of like Scatagories, only You hold a device and It is Timed. We were separated into Teams and Lyall (who was on The Other Team) helped me figure out what Category to do. I actually did Very Well without saying The Word and Trying to get My Team to guess The Word that I was trying to Convey. I am quite Proud of Myself for doing that! The Two Coolest Things that We did there was We FaceTimed Nicole in and All of the Family met her, and When it was Time to take The Family Picture, We took it via Uncle Craig’s Drone. It was The Coolest Thing! I had never seen a Drone fly in Person before! Uncle Craig showed us how it works and Flew over The House. All in all, It was really Awesome to see Everyone (including My Brother) and We had a Really Awesome Time!

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Spend Time with Your Family. You never know what You could learn! 

The Christianville Spirit: My Brother's View on Me Rerun

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Makes You Wonder

March (Marzo) 14th, 2017-TCS # 537

Welcome Back, My Readers! I hope that You had an Awesome PTLS Day! I know I did! My Facebook Feed was The Greenest that I have ever seen! Thank You Friends and PTLS Family Members for Wearing Green. Yes, even My Neighbors wore Green because We had an Ice Cream Social a Couple Days after PTLS Day on March 11th. A Huge Thank You for Them! I will mention all about that Next Week, I promise You. This Week however, I have a bit of Busy Week in front of Me so I figured that I do a Re-Run This Week. Now, This Newsletter, I am not sure if I have Re-Shared but, If It has not, I believe it deserves Re-sharing. You see, This Newsletter is actually an Entirely Different Point of View. It is actually The View of Myself from My Loving Brother, Michael. PTLS Family Members, They don’t make it be know too much, but They do worry that How The Siblings of PTLSers feel about Being The Sibling of a PTLSer. I am hear to tell you, My Brother views Very Greatly, but You will have to read on to Find Out How! This Newsletter was Originally written on June 2oth of 2012 (Refer to Newsletter 305). Hope that You Enjoy what My Brother has to say!

So, Now that I have written Last Week on My View of My Brother and you enjoyed it. Well, now your really going to enjoy this! It’s the long-awaited Newsletter on how My Brother views me. This idea has been in My Head for a while before I finally decided to do it. My Mom and PTLS Family Members had always wondered about My Brother how My Brother felt about me having Special Needs and Having PTLS (or dup.17p11.2, as it used to be called). The idea came when one of the PTLS Members suggested that I should do a Newsletter on My Brother and his view of it all. I mean, considering that I mention him a lot in My Newsletters, people start to wonder about him and how he deals with it. It took a while at first, getting the nerve to ask him to do this, and even the idea of what questions do I ask? Because first off, I didn’t know what to ask him or even more unnerving, what would he say? So, I sent out a post on Facebook to PTLS Members on what questions they want answered and/or curious about and I got quite a few responses about what they want to know. After reading a couple questions, I thought, “Man, these are deep questions” and “I’m not sure if I really want to know about it or not.” So, then came, “How do I do this? A talk? Dictation to My Mom? or an Interview?” Well, long story short, I asked My Brother about it and he said, “We’ll do an interview” and finally, after a while of asking him(because both he and I kept forgetting or it wasn’t the right time of day,) He sat down to answer the questions. He finished it yesterday and it’s ready to go. First, I want to thank him and let him know I appreciate his honesty and willingness to do this. So, Get Ready everyone cause here’s the interview. As a note: the Bolded Questions are from the PTLS Family and below it are Michael’s Responses. So, as they say in Television and Radio, Roll it!!!!!   

TCS: When you were about 10-13 years old, can you tell us as a sibling how you felt when your bother had an aggressive outburst? Did you truly understand what was going on with him?

 Michael: For as long as I have known him, which is practically my entire life, he has never had an aggressive outburst. For the most part if he ever got really upset he would get more emotional. He would work himself up and start crying. There would be the occasional times where he would raise his voice but nothing that could ever be put as an aggressive outburst. At that age I had already seen him do things like that before so I wasn’t to worried about it. I just figured that he was more sensitive to things then I was, I never really linked PTLS to his sensitivity. I also figured out by then he was extremely stubborn and if he didn’t want to do something, he would put up quite a fight. Which would also cause him to get upset.

  TCS: How did having a sibling with PTLS effect your life both good and things that were difficult?

 Michael: Well growing up, nobody knew what PTLS was including myself. I was told that my brother had special needs and I just took that as the literal sense. I never considered him special or different though. I treated him like my bother with no exceptions and restraints. Naturally I picked on him and gave him a hard time. The one thing that I did do growing up was take on the role of big brother. I looked out for him and tried to teach him things. Christian has also taught me a lot growing up with him. I learned from a young age that people in the world see things differently. There’s nothing wrong with looking at the world differently and having a sense of individuality. Everyone goes through highs and lows, it’s how you deal with the situation that makes the difference.

TCS: How do you deal with your peers asking questions about your brother?

 Michael: Honestly, when I was younger I can’t really remember to many people asking about him. I think the main reason was that he was always pretty friendly to everyone. No one really could tell just by meeting him that he had special needs. After a while of getting to know him or seeing him then they might ask questions. I’m always proud to tell them what’s up. I just tell them that he has this rare chromosome duplication and he was forth to be diagnosed with it. After that, some people keep questioning and are really interested others just move on to the next order of business, whatever that might be.

TCS: PTLS kids need a lot of attention/ extra help. Were you ever envious of this?

 Michael: Nope. If anything when I was younger I found it annoying and frustrating. Not that he was getting more attention then me or anything like that, it was just because I was ready to move on and progress while Christian was still trying to learn.

TCS: As a sibling was there a time say around preteen where you were embarrassed when you were out with the family?

 Michael: Not really.

TCS: What did your mom do to help you understand Christians PTLS?

 Michael: I think that the best thing for me was learning patients and acceptance. I was taught that not everyone learns the same way and each person is different. Some people require more training on particular topics. Really that advice goes for everyone and didn’t segregate my brother from other people. It didn’t hurt that my mom likes the medical field and could give me facts and explain information easier to me.

TCS: When did you realize Christian was different?

Michael: I don’t think there was really a point of epiphany where all of a sudden I knew he was different. Living with him and growing up together, you just kind of known as life. Its really the same as getting to know anyone else, you hang out with them enough you learn things about them. All it takes is some powers of observation.

TCS: Growing up, can you give some examples of things you showed him how to do/ taught him?

 Michael: Ha ha ha!!! When I was seventeen or so I let Christian drive my car down the neighborhood street. That was exciting to say the least!! I taught him how to play video games and things like that. To recall everything I taught him would take some time. I just try my best to show him and explain to him anything that he has questions about and would like to learn about. His memory is pretty freaky. He can recall all sorts of random stuff. If others put in the effort and energy to teach him, he can learn anything.

TCS: Do you feel any angst or nervousness about being Christian’s guardian later in life?

 Michael: I suppose so, it is kind of nerve racking. I’m not stressing out too much though. We get along great and for the most part he is pretty self-reliant. I am confident in my self and my abilities to overcome any obstacle that dares to stand in front of me. Ha ha ha! But for real, I have known about being his guardian for a long time now, so I’m mentally ready.   

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So, I hope all of this helped to answer your questions on Siblings and My Brother. It was quite surprising to hear some of these because I didn’t expect it. Well, you know, I guess it’s like they say, “You’ll Never Know Until You Ask”, simple as that. This whole interview turned out to be more fun than I thought it was going to be, but then again, I didn’t know. I mean, you know, how much someone loves you but, sometimes, every now and then, you might be curious as to how much that person loves you. As for me, I know that My Brother loves me and understands me, and I love him so much for that. All in all, I say it a lot, but I’ll say it again, My Brother, Michael, is Awesome!

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Let the ones you Love in your life, know that you love them; Everyday.