The Christianville Spirit: TCS Series; Me

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches lives
May 21, 2008- TCS # 102
Welcome back, everyone. It’s time for another installment of The Christianville Spirit Series, “Playlist of Your Life”. For this installment, we’re going to venture into someone’s life that has been a shine on others with Potocki-Lupski Syndrome. This person is the writer of The Christianville Spirit and if you haven’t guessed who it is, it’s me. So, let’s see my life from the beginning. I was born on August 11, 1987 at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas and according to My Mom, which was the most wonderful day of her life. For this we’ll play, “Walk of Life” by Dire Straits. Later, My Mom, Michael and, I moved to Plano, TX. For this we’ll play “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts. When I was 9 or so, I was diagnosed with a Duplication of Chromosome 17(which is now Potocki-Lupski Syndrome) which My Mom was happy about it because she didn’t want to settle for a special need like autism which I was pretty close to being diagnosed that. When I was in a repeat of 10th Grade which my friend Steven Vandeneykel called 10.5 Grade I had my first girlfriend who was Ali Goodfellow. She was the first girl I had really loved and everyone knew it too because everyday I would look for her name in everything like Signs, Cities, and More. For we’ll play “True to Your Heart” by Raven; In my senior year of high school, I went to the homecoming dance with my friend, Madison Shields and I stayed to the whole time. Which back in middle school, I went to a social and I thought it was too much for me. And, on May 29, 2007 I graduated from Plano Senior High School. And, for this we’ll play “Graduation (Friends Forever)” by Vitamin C. but, all in all I know that I am and will be the best role model for parents and children with Potocki-Lupski Syndrome and leave a legacy never to be forgotten.
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The Christianville Spirit: TCS Series; My Brother

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Lives

May 14, 2008-TCS # 101
OK, Everyone it’s time for another installment of The Christianville Spirit Series, “Playlist of Your Life”. Today, we’re going to venture into someone’s life has classiness and in the future will be a great legacy. This person is My Brother who is also known as Michael Centeno, Michael, or as his friends call him, Mike. So, without further a do here is the Playlist of My Brother’s Life. To know My Brother, we should start from the beginning. Michael was born at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, TX on October 26, 1987 for this we’ll play “Walk of Life” by Dire Straits. He, My Mom, My Dad and I lived in San Antonio until we were Kids. After My Mom and My Dad got divorced, My Mom, Michael, and I moved up to Plano. For this we’ll play, “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts. Once we moved to Plano, Michael always got hurt somehow like on time for reason he fell out of a Tree at Mr. Jeff’s House. For this we’ll play “Free Fallin‘” by Tom Petty. I believe that his proudest moment is when he got an Art Award in March 2007 in his senior year of high school. Finally, I believe that he will be successful in anything he does whether his art or other talents. All in all, My Brother will have a great legacy in the future.
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The Christianville Spirit: TCS Series; My Mom

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches lives

May 7, 2008-TCS # 100
OK Everyone, It’s time for the next installment of The Christianville Spirit Series, “Playlist of Your Life”. This time we’re going to venture into someone’s life that has a lot of legacy just like Popi’s life. This Person’s name is Julie Smith-Centeno (some people refer to her as Ms. Centeno or Momma J) However, I just call her My Mom. Julie S-C. Is the most awesome person you’ll meet. So, let’s see her life from the very beginning. She was born at Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and she was raised in Ann Arbor, MI. For this we’ll play “What a Wonderful World” by The Ramones. Later, she, Grandma Honey, Popi and the rest of the family moved to Maine and we’ll play “Life is a Highway” by Tom Cochrane for that. After Grandma Honey made that program for unwed mothers and they moved back to Toledo and she went to a bad public school on the east side of Toledo and she had to Walk to school everyday and Everyday she would be threatened to be beat up. We’ll play “Bad to the Bone” by ZZ Top. It got so bad that She moved herself over to a All-Girls Private School called St. Ursula Academy on the West Side of Toledo. After High School, she decided to go to Nursing School in Toledo, Graduated, got a job at Medical College of Ohio and eventually led to driving herself to Texas because she wanted to see what more was out there besides living in The North and she ended up in San Antonio. And, as she drives to San Antonio we’ll play “Girls Just Want To Have Fun“ by Cindy Lauper. About a year later, she met Robert Centeno at a bar, who was later going to My Dad. After that, they dated and he proposed to her while he was in the shower. And, this is how he did it “Hey Julie, want to get married?” and then, they decided to get married. For this we’ll play “Wedding Bell Blues” by Fifth Dimension. Today, I ask her why they got married because My Dad is a shmuck and she says they got married because they thought it would be fun. But, then again it was a blessing because they had 2 children, My Brother and I and one of which was on August 11, 1987 which as she says was the best day of her life and that was when she had me. For this we’ll play “Best Day of My Life” By Jesse McCartney. On October 26, 1988; she had My Brother, Michael Centeno. After she had My Brother and I, they divorced and for this we‘ll play “Goodbye to You” by Patty Smith. When My Brother and I got a little older we moved up to Plano, TX. After that, she met Jeff Barsi who she would date a long time. And, My Brother, his kids, my mom and I lived together which was personally the best of the years of our life because we had a great childhood. For this we’ll play “So Happy Together” by The Turtles. After living together for 7 or so years; My Mom and Jeff Barsi broke up. And, My Mom, My Brother, and I moved to the house we live in now. My Mom today still is friends with Mr. Jeff and she thanks him every time she talks to him for giving My Brother and I such a great childhood. Today she does a lot of hard work with getting support for The Parents and The Kids with my special needs which is now called Potocki-Lupski Syndrome. All in all, My Mom is an awesome mom and I’m happy to have her as My Mom.
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