The Christianville Spirit: TCS Series; Clothing

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August 27, 2008- TCS # 114
Ok, everyone, it’s time for 8th installment of the series “ Life is a fun Highway with PTLS” this week, I’m going to cover something that you’ll definitely notice in your children and that is clothing and how they feel about it. So, without further a due here is how we Potocki-Lupski Syndrome kids and Adults feel about clothing. First off, I don’t like clothes that I have to button together. When I was a kid, I had to always have my mom help me button my pants that had buttons on them. My Mom and I found out that it would be better to wear pants and shorts that you can just pull them up and have them on. Even today, I have issues with those kinds of pants. In fact, it’s a rarity that I wear blue jeans because I don’t like the way they feel. So, I wear soft mesh athletic shorts and pants most of the time. I also have a thing about shirts as well. I don’t like t-shirts that have too many pictures because I don’t like the texture of the picture on the shirt. Also, I don’t like having tags on the back of my shirts because I don’t like the tags touching my back and it itching me. Also, I have a hard time tying shoes so; I use shoes that I just pull on. So, I wear sandals most of the time. All in all, I hope this helps with buying your child clothes. If you would like me to cover a topic on PTLS or if you would like to comment or add a suggestion, email me at thechristianvillespirit@gmail.com
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The Christianville Spirit: TCS Series; High School

The Christianville Spirit
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August 20, 2008-TCS # 113

Ok, Everyone; it’s time for the 7th installment of the series “Life is a fun highway with PTLS”. This time I’m going to cover High School which is ages 14-18. So, without further a due these are my experiences that you might notice when your child goes through High School. In the 10th Grade, I met 2 of my current best friends named Karleen Frishman and Steven Vandeneykel which was really cool. I met Karleen on the first day of school at Jasper High School on August 11 by walking over to her and one of my friends, Patrick Huggins talking to her and we started talking and that is how we met. Back in High School, they had 8 classes and they have a certain numbers of classes a day and then the second half of number of classes were the next day, they separated them into A and B days. So, on A-days I had Karleen in all those classes and on B-days I had Karleen in some classes. So, I called A-days “All-Karleen Day” to help me remember which day it was. Also, in the 10th grade, I stayed an extra year at Jasper because I wasn’t ready for the Senior High School (by the way, in Plano they have a High School and a Senior High School.) I and Steven decided to call the extra year we stayed in Jasper, 10. 5 Grade; In 10.5 Grade, the assistant principal has me walk the teacher parking lot and make sure that the staff was parked in the staff spots and the visitors were in the visitor lot. By the end of the year, I got 100% compliance from all the teachers and I actually got an award for it. In the summer of 2006, I got together with my 1st real girlfriend, Madison Shields who also had special needs; she has OCD and it was from her that I got my First Kiss when I was 19 Years Old. In October of 2006, Madison and I went to the homecoming dance as friends who the second time I went to a dance and this time I stayed the whole time which really amazed me that I did that. Finally, in May of 2007 I graduated from Plano Senior High School which was a very proud moment for me. All in all, I hope this has helped in taking your child through High School. If you would like me to cover a certain topic about PTLS I haven’t covered, make a comment, or make a suggestion, email me at thechristianvillespirit@gmail.com

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The Christianville Spirit: TCS Series; 21 Years Old, Special Needs Style!

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August 14, 2008-TCS # 112

Ok. Everyone it’s time for the 6th installment of the series “Life is a fun highway with PTLS”. Today, I’m going to cover something that just happened to me. See, at 1:12 PM on August 11 I turned 21 and I would like to cover that part of The Special Needs Life Trail. So, without further a due here it goes. 21Years Old, the year that many youths dream about; Being 21 means that you can drink alcohol, go to Dance and Sex Clubs, buying Lottery Tickets, and of course Gambling. My thought is basically they’re saying “Happy Birthday! Now, you can screw up your life”. But, I believe for normal people, they already do things like drink way before they even turn 21. But, what about people with Special Needs and myself; Well, people with Special Needs can do the things I mentioned if they want to but, that’s their choice. As far as I’m concerned I don’t want to do those things. Now, I’m sure your thinking “Christian, Why Not?? It would fun!” the reason why is because I don’t believe any of that stuff except for buying yourself a scratch off lottery ticket is very healthy. All of them are non-healthy habit forming and if it gets out of control. Then, my friends; you’ve screwed up your life by doing things like drinking or going to Sex Clubs. All in all though, if you know your child not to be the one to drink or do any of those things; then, you’re a pretty blessed parent.
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The Christianville Spirit:TCS Series; Middle School

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Lives

TCS #111
August 6, 2008
Ok, Everyone. It’s time for the 5th Installment of the series “Life is a fun Highway with PTLS”. Today, I’m going to tell you about my Middle School years. Middle School went pretty smoothly for me. But, here are a couple things that happened to me that you might take notice of. The First thing for me was in the 6th Grade after I met my friend Jeremiah, he wanted me to go to a Social with him and so I went. But, when I got there I discovered that the music was really loud which bothered my ears and I thought it was too much for me because I didn’t now what to do and I didn’t like the fact that if I wanted to talk to Jeremiah I would have speak to him over the music. The next thing for me was also in 6th Grade, Jeremiah and I decided to sign up for a Special Needs Baseball League that is called The “Angel League” which one time a photographer from The Dallas Morning News came to do a story on The “Angel League” and I didn’t know he was there so, I didn’t get my picture in the paper, just my arm. At the end of the season I got the first trophy of my life. This today is one of my prized possessions. Another thing for me was in the 7th Grade I was in the choir and I was a really good singer. I had concerts every couple weeks. Another thing for me was in the 8th grade when I had my first big crush named Ali Goodfellow and when Christmas came around I made her a card for Christmas which I got really nervous about it from when I made it to the morning of. All in all, I hope this will help you for when your child hits Middle School. If you would like me to cover something about PTLS I haven‘t covered, comment, or suggest a topic email The Christianville Spirit at thechristanvillespirit@gmail.com.

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