The Christianville Spirit: Why We Have Brothers

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Keeps Learning with Hope and Resilience

January 31st, 2018-TCS # 581

Oh! A Movie Trailer, My Readers! Let’s Watch! Excuse Me while I perform in a Movie Voice for a Second. (In Movie Voice) From The Newsletter That Brought You Many Classics..... The Newsletter that brought You The Christianville Classic Newsletter, “Why We Have Children” (Refer to Newsletter 273; November 2011) and The Christianville Classic, “Why We Have Moms” (Refer to Newsletter 351; May 15th of 2013. Or Over on My Christianville Classic List on The Right)....As Well as The Christianville Classic Newsletter “Why We Have Dads” (Refer to Newsletter 549; June 2017). Comes an Additional to My “Why We Have Series”...Introducing The Newest Newsletter, “Why We Have Brothers/Sister!” (Back to Normal Voice). So, I thought of Another Way to do another Extension to My “Why We Have..” Series and I realized something. I had done “Why We Have Children”, “Why We Have Moms”, and “Why We Have Dads”. But, Then, I thought, There is something missing in Here. What about Brothers/Sisters?! Now, If You thought of The Question of Why We Have Moms, It is Probably a Crazier Answer than Why We Have Brothers. It really does Make You ponder though Why Do We Have Brothers/Sisters. Now, I am sure that Any Child will admit that They liked it when They had All The Attention, They don’t want to Care for or Listen to Their Crying Brother or Sister because They get all The Attention of Their Parents. However, When You grow up like I have, You realize that Besides Your Mother and Father, You also in some Odd and End kind of Way, Need Your Brother or Sister. Now, Of Course, My Brother, Michael and I are 15 and Half Months Apart (Pretty Much almost a Year and a Half). So, I really don’t remember if I was excited about having a Brother at The Time, but, As We grew up, My Mom treated us equally So, We did not worry too much about One being Treated Better and/or Differently than The Other. Needing My Brother for Help was Something I thought nothing of, He was just there to help. Now that My Brother is in Denver, It certainly makes it different. So, Without Further a due. This is Why We have Brothers/Sisters. I Love You Heaps, Michael!

WHY WE HAVE BROTHERS/SISTERS

1. Soo, In The Shortest Way I can put This. Depending on The Type of Family You Have. Having a Brother and/or Sister, was not Necessarily Your Choice.
2. Now, You could say “I want a Brother or Sister” but, Again in a Short Health Lesson, You don’t say when it Happens, It Just does
3. When You are a Kid and You may or may not want a Brother, You may Freak out when You heard Your Parents say, “Meet Your New Baby Brother!” (Quote from The Movie, “Boss Baby”) but, Trust Me, It is Worth It.
4. At First, It is always You teaching them things (If You are The Oldest); then, They teach you Things, and then You teach Each Other Things.
5. You can Hang Out with When Mom or Dad are Busy as well as When You want to.
6. You can Play, Giggle about Something, or Get into Trouble with. Trust Me, I am Sure that There a Ton of Adventures that You can have Together.
7. My Brother thought me A lot of Different Things and Helped Me with Many Things. One Time, at The Park in San Antonio, All The Kids were going up This Slanted Board on The Playground. I wanted to go up it. My Brother helped push me to get me up there, It took Many Tries and Almost Giving up but, It Worked Finally. Also, He taught me How to do “Butt Busters” on The Trampoline, He helped me a lot with Talking, He taught me how to Ride a Bike, and Taught me How to Drive.
8. Your Brother/Sister is The One that Understands You more than Yourself, Your Parents, or Your Friends. In My Case, My Brother knew what I was saying in My Mumbly Voice before even My Mom knew
9. The One that will Fight for You and Be Very Proud to Do So. My Brother is Very Proud to tell People about My PTLS and Show Them What I can do.
10. If You are Feeling Down, They will find a Way to Pick You Up and If Life is Going Your Way, They will be on the Sidelines, Cheering You On. They will be The Biggest Cheer Leader, Next to Your Parents. They will be The Greatest Person to Encourage You!
11. They will Willing to Share Their Friends with You as well as You sharing Friends with Them. My Brother was Very Gracious to Share His Friends with Me. Actually, He would proudly have me hang out with Them while He was.
12. When It Comes to Dating, Your Brother or Sister can act as Any of The Following; a Wingman, Coach, or A Consultant. Yours and Their Significant Other will be Part of The Family so, You or They will Make Sure that You or They pick The Right Person.
13. In My Case, There does not have to be a “Big Brother” and “Little Brother” Role. It can switch from Time to Time. Sometimes, I have the “Big Brother” Role and Sometimes, My Brother does.
14. You and Your Brother/Sister can Talk in a Completely Different Language than You do with Your Parents or Your Friends. Funny how that Happens! While We are at it, You act differently with Each Other by Yourselves versus When You have Your Parents Watching.
15. Finally, In The Event of something happening to Your Parents, You will have to Rely on Your Brother or Sister. You and Your Brother/Sister against The World, The Best Duo!

So, Those are The Reasons Why We Have Brothers and Sisters. It seems odd that We have Them but, I think It is Good Idea to have them to Support You. Otherwise, I feel that You would be Missing Out on Something really Wonderful. All in all, We have Brothers/Sisters for a Reason, for Some People They have Different Reasons, But These are Mine.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. The Spirit that Soars and Shines (Credit to Jennifer-Samantha). That is The Christianville Spirit.

The Christianville Spirit: Stress and No Routine Rerun

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Keeps Learning with Hope and Resilience

 January 24th, 2018-TCS # 580

Bonjour, My Readers! Boy, Have I had a bit 0f a Rough Week! I saw a Post on Facebook from My Friend, Jennifer-Samantha that said “What have You accomplished that was Hard for You. Let’s Celebrate!” I thought to Myself, as If I was speaking to “Jennifer-Samantha” (aka Jennifer Blalock) herself. Oh Jennifer, as My Brother would say, “You don’t even knooow”. In Short, We are at The Tail End of Dealing with a Leak underneath Our House. It actually has been going on for a Week now, The Hot Water caused a Leak underneath The Slab of The House. I thank God that It is a Winter because a Warm Floor and Warm outside would not help. It is Nice and Cold outside, so You would know that It is Warm under The Ground. If It sounds like I am a little stressed from Everything, Oh Yes! Anyway, Between Plumbers checking The Temperature around The Floors (which I have to Admit, that was kind of Cool); Trying to help My Mom in any way I can; Followed by Plumbers cutting Holes in The Wall (9 in total, from Small Holes, only a Few Inches to Much Bigger Holes); A Not-so-Smart Plumber’s Assistant falling through The Attic; and, Of Course, on top of that, My Mom has to Work as well, It does not help at all. Again, I thank God that My Mom gets off early and She does not work in Downtown Dallas or elsewhere with a Far Drive. Oh, It is Cray-Cray, 

“Jennifer-Samantha” but, We are Working through It. In Case You have not figured it out, Too Many Changes, Too Much Activity, and Being Out of My Routine causes me to be a Little Stressed and Out-Of Sorts. I actually wrote a Newsletter Three Different Times when I was completely Out-of-Sorts. Refer to “Adventures in Flooring” Newsletter; “Knowing Your Limits” Newsletter; and, Of Course, “Stress and No Routine” Newsletter, which is the One that I am going to rerun. You Know, when I think of This Newsletter In The Times that I miss My Brother the Most, I picture him along The Route to Denver in My Head, “He’s been Away for X-Amount of Hours”. When He is in Oklahoma City, I think “3 Hours from Home”, and I countdown to The Second that My Brother turned onto The Highway and Started off to Denver, thinking “He’s only been Gone for a Second!” and I remember My Mother’s Words pretty hauntingly, She said in a Very Low and Somber Voice, “Byyee Michael!”. It is one of The things that You remember for a Long Time, as Sad as It was. I thought Nothing of It at The Time until I really started Missing My Brother, recounting My Trip to Stockholm and London, and then, Following My Brother backwards from Colorado or Kansas back to His Old House in Denton. Anyway, I wrote This Newsletter a Few Days after My Brother moved to Denver. Enjoy! 

This Newsletter was written on August 5th of 2015 (Refer to Newsletter 460)

Hello, My Readers! Boy, I tell you, This past Weekend was Very Tough with My Brother moving to Spread His Wings. Update though, He is doing Okay, working on the Job front, and settling into His New (but, Kinda Small) House. So, On to This Week’s Newsletter! So, I have mentioned quite a Few Times about PTLSers need for Routine. It is Very Important that They have a Routine, Predictability, and Most of All, Rules. So, Here is a Question that I am sure All PTLS Members are curious about that I have not answered. So, What Happens if They are NOT in a Routine or Can They Easily swing out of Routine Temporarily. That is Actually a Good Question. So, It is Preferable that They do have a Routine. But, If They do not, then They can get a bit Overwhelmed, They can’t concentrate as well (like I did, If I did not have it), Increase in Stimming (like Rocking Back and Forth or Pacing), They can have Meltdowns (for being Overstimulated and Overwhelmed), They get Anxious about it, and They end up Very Tired. So, To Calm Your Mind, Yes, They do have a bit of wiggle-room with Their Routine, as long as it is returned soon. Myself, for example, I have been able to Adjust My Routine to Where I am. When I was Younger, I would pace a lot, so much so that There was a Trail I created in My Backyard. My Mom found that if I was Off of My Routine, like when I would come home from My Dad’s House, I would Pace More with Intensity and I would have Trouble Concentrating in School, The Teachers usually knew when I would come Home. and, Usually it took about a Week for Me to recover and get back into My Routine. Now that I am older though, My Mom can tell when I am out of My Routine. I was not in My Routine when We went to The Beach or when We went to The PTLS Conference. I guess, it depends what Type of Recovery from Lack of Routine are We talking about. Lack of Routine at, let’s say The Beach, was a bit Easy, I just had to take Longer Naps. With The PTLS Conference, I had to Calm Myself down (Conferences, although I have been to 3 of Them, does get Overwhelming!), Take Naps, and Get back into Routine. I know that This Weekend was Tough to recover from because of Helping My Brother moving, in The Texas Summer Heat mind You, and Add on The Inside Emotions (“The Feelies!”) of all of it happening. Proud, Happy, Sad, a Bit Angry (His Destiny does not match mine and His Ex-Girlfriend), The Whole Bit. This is a Shocker, but on Sunday I got up at 7 AM, to finish helping him and seeing him off. I am still a bit tired from all that. I remember when I got home from The Cruise I went on once, Disney World, or Great Wolf Lodge, I was a Mess! It was because of being Out of Routine and Being Overwhelmed at the same time. I mean, those Places are Fun, Don’t Get Me Wrong, but They are also Full of Activity and Very Overwhelming. Not Places I would recommend for us PTLSers. Now, If You tell me what is going to happen during The Day, I can start planning, and I won’t be so Anxious. All in all, We PTLSers would prefer things to be more Calm and Organized. I know that Doctors wanted to put me on Medication but, It makes My Head feel like it is Buzzing. and, that makes me even more Anxious.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit.  Understand Us, Don’t Medicate Us!

The Christianville Spirit: Love is Louder Rerun

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Keeps Learning with Hope and Resilience

 January 17th, 2018-TCS # 579

Ich Liebe Dich, My Readers! Whoa! What was That?! Kinda sounds Scary! Actually, It means “I Love You” in German. It is said with a Strong Accent to It, making it sound scary compared to Other European Languages. It is pronounced Ike-Lee-buh-Deek. In Case You are Wondering, I Love You in Other European Languages are Te Amo (Spanish), Ti Amo (Italian), and Je T’aime (French). Anyway, On to This Week’s Newsletter. This Week’s Newsletter is actually about that, Love. You See, A Couple Weeks Ago, I was editing My Search Tags on My Newsletter Site. I wanted to Narrow the ones that I either don’t use or have not used in a While, so I got rid of a Few. There was One Tag from a Newsletter that I have not written about in a While, Let Alone Rerun. Yes, This Newsletter, Believe it or not, with The Message it has, I have not Rerun! The Topic of Course, was Something called the “Love is Louder” Campaign. I think it needs to be Reintroduced. Folks, It is Pretty Obvious that We live in some Crazy Times in The World. Then again, Unfortunately, There is always something in Some Parts of The World, whether It is Here or Halfway around The World. Some of It, You may think has Political Angle and Partly, It is does. However, Most of It is because of Fear, but In some cases, Sometimes It is just about Pure Hate. In Fact, The Internet has a Term for It, It is called “Trolling”, Where People go Online and “Troll” or Hate on People just because It makes them feel better. You can be Anyone on The Internet, haven’t You heard? That was an Appeal back in The Late 90’s into The 2000’s way before Social Media and iPhones. Today, You can “Troll” on People through Every Avenue of Social Media leading to Depression and Teen Suicide. Well, I say that It has to Stop. We should Love People because Love is Much Louder than Hate! A Newsletter I wrote back on October 13th of 2010 (Refer to Newsletter 220). I Love You, My Readers! Spread Love! Enjoy!

As You all know, Lately on The News, they’ve been talking about many things like The Trapped Chilean Miners and Election Stuff. But, there is one thing in The News that is happening that someone is trying prevent from happening again. You See, Lately there has an increase in suicides because of bullying and other people tormenting others. So, when I heard what was being done about it, I had to write about and cheer. You See, I was watching CNN and they were talking about all of it and then, they introduced the person who’s doing something. This Person is Actress, Brittany Snow from Gossip Girl, she said that when she heard about the increase in suicides and bulling that she should create a movement defending those affected or those who just want positivity in the world. This is called “Love is Louder”, “Love is Louder” proves to everyone that Love is Louder than ANYTHING! She says it can be applied to anything whether you were bullied or not. I will give a couple of examples, LOVE IS LOUDER Than...

• Hate
• Bullying
• Depression
• Misunderstanding
• Anger
• Fear
• and above all, Anything Negative

So, as you can see Love is Louder than anything. As for Me, I applaud Brittany for making this movement to Stop and Stand Up to anything Negative. Because any of those things, we can all relate to and I mean, when I was in 5th Grade, I was bullied so, I know how it feels. I also understand being misunderstood because I have Special Needs. All in all, We should all stand up and join Brittany’s Movement.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Shout Out The Word Love, because LOVE IS LOUDER!

The Christianville Spirit: Another Lesson from "The Book of Moms"

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Keeps Learning with Hope and Resilience 

January 10th, 2018-TCS # 578

Howdy Y’all, My Readers! That is how We say Hello in Texas! So, Boy do I have a Story to tell you! and, Believe it or not, It fits This Year’s Theme Perfectly. You See, My Mom and I have a Great Relationship and Most of The Life Lessons that She was taught me have been Anywhere from Easy to Medium. This Lesson that I am about to tell you, was a rather Hard Lesson. A Lesson from a Section of “The Book Of Moms” that must have been Classified because I’m not sure that I was aware of This Section. You See, Whenever I ask My Mom about Why She does certain things, She always told me that “It’s in The Book of Moms” and Every Mom gets one. So, What was This Lesson about? Imagine This with Me, If You will? You’re My Mom, You have One Son that lives with You, Home Sweet Home in Texas. Honestly, I don’t Plan on living that far away from My Mom, so No Worries There. Very Easy! Your Second Son, aka My Brother, Michael lives in Colorado. He lives in Colorado which is 12 Hours Away also, The Equivalent of The Same Amount of Hours from Texas to Atlanta where Grandma Honey lives. Getting Harder Now, right? Said Drive to Colorado, whether You go up to Amarillo, through New Mexico and Up, or Up I-35 through Oklahoma and then, The Dreaded I-70 in Kansas and over. Much less Entertaining than driving to Atlanta with Lots of Trees, pretty much a Straight Shot. Let’s Add in that It is Nearing Christmas and All of Michael’s Friends are coming down to Texas to celebrate Christmas here. Limited Space with 4 Grown Adults and 3 Big Dogs in Their Car! Add in also that It is Winter Time and Winter Time in Colorado is Very Unpredictable. If in fact, It snows and Your on The Highway, You might have to get Chains for The Car or Your Stuck. and, Finally, either You don’t have Anyone to Watch The Dogs (Because We were Originally just taking Paco) or No One that We knew, Knew The Dogs well enough. Quite a Difficult Situation! Do You Trying Your Hardest to Get Michael down Here? Tried It. He has to Work a Few Days in between and could not get off. Find Anyone to Watch The Dogs? Most People were Out of Town or had More than One Dog and We were not sure if They would get along. Dogs are like that, Ya Know. Well, Here comes that Lesson that Both of us had to Learn. One is that Priorities Matter, Especially when It comes to Family. and, The Most Difficult Lesson, as a Mother or Parent (Not that I have any clue what it is like to be Parent!) You go beyond Any Lengths to get to Your Child and Make Him Happy. The Other Alternative was to Stay and He would have Christmas by Himself. So, Mommas Gotta Do, What Mommas Gotta Do! So, We all packed Ourselves into Our SUV, All 3 Dogs Included (one who can not Walk on a Leash) and Hit The Road! Yes, Really, I still can not believe We did This! It started off Easy, but We learned to sway things differently. When Getting Out of The Car to go to The Bathroom, I had to remember to look for The Dog’s Head before I closed The Car Door.

 Drive Throughs with 3 Dogs curious what You are doing (Medium Sized and The One who can not walk on a Leash is a Bigger Dog) that is Not Going to Happen and Believe Me, We tried it twice! I am Proud of Myself though, I had to go into Place Our Order and Pay for It while My Mom sat with The Dogs. I was able to recite an Order for both Myself and My Mom at an McDonald’s in Kansas. A Help in My Independence! Had a Few Mishaps with The Dogs going to Denver and coming home. One Highlight of This Crazy Trip was that We had to Stop to Let The Dogs out to go Potty, and I had to clean stuff off My Shoe because I stepped in Someone Else’s Dog Poop at the Stop before. Anyway, At Exit 71 (I Think) on I-70 in Kansas, We found a Sonic with a Fenced-In Kids Playground and Fenced-In Dog Park next to Each Other. So, Thank God, No One was There, but, We let Our Dogs run in The Dog Park without Their Leashes. Although, It only lasted a Few Minutes, They had the Grandest Time that They had on Our Trip. It was Freezing Cold at The Moment and Afterwords, We hopped The Dogs, One at a Time into The Car and Warmed Up, Sure It was 20 Degrees with a Wind Chill of 14 Fahrenheit but, It was a Moment of Hilarity and A bit of Hard Lesson Learning Fun in The Process. Once We got to Denver, that is Where The Fun was just beginning. The Night of The 23rd, The First Night that We were there, I realized that Michael did not have a Tree in His House, so My Brother and I, in The Freezing Cold, went to a Christmas Tree Lot and Found a 5 Foot Real Christmas Tree. Yes, Really My Readers! A Real Christmas Tree! Lesson 2 from My Classic Christmas Brother! The Lady at The Tree Lot was Very Nice to sold it to us for Less than She asked and She even hugged both of us after Loading The Tree into Michael’s Truck. A Merry Christmas Indeed! After My Brother and I got back to His House with The Tree and Pizza, We ate Pizza and then, We started decorating it. The Classic Way! Now, at The First, I will admit I was a Little Judgmental about a 5 Foot Tree, when We had a 6 or 7 Foot one back at Home, Not a Real one. Actually, We have not done a Real Christmas Tree in quite some time, but It felt really good to do one again. And, Actually, 5 Foot was actually a Perfect Size, Not too Big and Not too Small. Anyway, after We started Decorating it, It started Snowing outside. Yes, Snowing! It snowed Several Inches, I think Snowed around 4 Inches. At The Moment, In My Heart and Mind, It made This Crazy Trip worth it! Snow on The Ground, A Real Christmas Tree, and Some Classic Christmas Music (as in like Bing Cosby, kind of Classics; the Stuff You never hear anymore kind of Classics!). Actually, While Decorating, We listened to Willie Nelson Christmas and on Christmas Day was Soft Christmas Music, it really was Peaceful. Christmas Eve, We just spend around The House and Watching Movies and TV Shows. Christmas Morning, We opened Gifts and With My Brother’s Classic Christmas that meant Michael-Made Gifts. Michael’s Gift to My Mom was by far The Best Gift, I have seen. Of Course, to Michael, Having not only Us and The Dogs was Probably The Best Gift that We could give him and He was Very Grateful for It. Honestly, in a Crazy Way, I was Grateful for It as well. I got a Real Christmas Tree, Some Classic Music, Quality Brother Time (Which both of Us really needed), and Best of all, That Snow I mentioned earlier, It stayed on The Ground until after Christmas Day, Therefore by definition It was a White Christmas! Was This Trip Hard to get to? Yeah. The Lesson was too. But, The Big Question, was it Worth It? Heck Yeah! I guess Mom was Right, sometimes, Even The Hardest Lessons reap Some some Really Good Rewards! All in all, I believe that as Crazy as It was, It was One of The Best Christmases that We had had in Quite Some Time!

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Time with Family is worth all The Craziness to get there!

The Christianville Spirit: Happy New Year 2018

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Keeps Learning with Hope and Resilience 

January 3rd, 2018-TCS # 577

Welcome Back, My Readers! Don’t worry, You are in The Right Place! I would Love to Welcome You to Another Year of Inspiring, Make-You-Wonder, and Yes, Hopeful and Resilient Newsletters to come. But first, Happy New Year and Welcome to 2018! Yes, I can’t believe it either. 2018! My Brother turns 30 This Year! I believe that 2018 will be The Best Year of My Life! This is The Year that all of My Dreams that I have been dreaming of will come true. By The Way, I am sure that You noticed that rather Long Tagline for The Year. Honestly, It is The Longest Tagline I have done. The Tagline of 2018 is The Spirit that Keeps Learning with Hope and Resilience. You See, a Couple Days after The Year-In-Review Newsletter, I carried on My Tradition of Asking People for Suggestions and I got a lot of Them! It was Very Hard to choose one! So, Why not Choose More than One. The Last Time I did that was a Couple Years ago with The Spirit that Fills Your Heart and Lifts You Up. So, Who is Credited for This Year’s Tagline? 3 People! Huge PTLS Supporter, Patty Parker (I refer to her as “Miss Patty”) and I appreciate her telling People about PTLS, She got the First Part; The Second Part is Credited to PTLS Family Member, Sally Morgan; and, The Ending is Credited to PTLS Family Member, Karen Crane. These People are Actually Very Important to Me and They gave me Brilliant Taglines. Everyone who submitted a Tagline is Very Important to Me. So, I will be using The Taglines as My Inspirational Lines at The End of Each Newsletter. Thank You so Very Much!

So, Let’s Get Our 2018 Newsletters started!

So, I have This Friend, I have followed her since She decided to Walk The Appalachian Trail for Mental Health, I believe. She called Her AT Trail Campaign (AT is Hiker Term for Appalachian Trail) “Walk in Love”. I had another Friend who hiked The Same Trail and He referred to Himself as “Dave from Delaware” turning his Trail Name into “Delaware Dave”. I was a Fan of His, as well as He was a Fan of Mine because Little did He know at The Time that He had a Nephew who had Potocki-Lupski Syndrome (or PTLS)

 But, at the Time, I was a Fan because He was Hiking The AT and I had always been Interested in it. 

Not in Hiking it, but The People that Do. So, The Thing about going Hiking and Trail Names, is that Obviously for Safety Reasons, You don’t use Your Real Name, You use a “Trail Name”. So, The Funny Part or Odd Part of It, if You will, is that You don’t give Yourself Your Trail Name, Your other Trail mates give you Your Trail Name. Now, “Delaware Dave” that is Easy. Dave from Delaware equals Delaware Dave. Now, “Walk In Love” as I referred to Her as, was a Different Story. I believe I followed her hike because I thought “Walk in Love”! What’s better than that?! Well, By AT Rules, You don’t get your “Trail Name” from Yourself. I mean, You could, but It would lack The Fun and Initiation, if You will to The Trail. One Very Stormy Night, “Walk in Love” for lack of a Better Word, Had to Go. Well, Out in The Woods, in The Middle of Nowhere to “Go” means walking into The Woods and Going or using What Hikers call a “Privy”. But, In a Stormy and Rainy Night, I don’t think that’s going to Happen. So, What do You do? You Just “Go” and Hope to God that No One sees You. But, with This Woman’s Humor, She says something along The Lines of “It’s Nature’s Bidet!”. Who could not have thought of a Joke with “Going” as well as The Fact that it was Pouring Down Rain. But, to Say The Least, that Comical Moment earned her the Trail Name, “Bidet”. Anyway, so lately “Bidet” has been having a little Heart Trouble, I will call it “Heart Flutters” both Good and Bad with a bit of Pain, I digress. Anyway, Bidet has decided that This Year should be The Year to Lead with Your Heart’s Desire. In Other Words, What does The Heart want? According to a Hallmark Christmas Movie that I watched This Past Holiday Season, A quote in The Movie said that “The Heart knows what it wants before The Brain/Mind does”. Bidet says that We as humans often hide Own Heart’s Desires for Fear of Rejection, Resentment, and Even Ridicule. I think that Most People fear The Ridicule Part of It. Because, Next to Rejection, That Hurts more than “Heart Flutters” or Really anything. So, With that in Mind, What are My Heart’s Desires or At Least, What are My Heart’s Goals? 

So, Here are My 2018 Heart’s Goals!

• I know I have Mentioned This Many Years in a Row But, I want True Love. A Revised Version of “Meeting The Woman of My Dreams”. It is somewhat The Same Thing but, Still. I want that Laughing at Something really Mundane kind of Love; Lay Underneath The Christmas Tree together, like Laying on The Grass looking at The Stars, with only The Christmas Lights at Night kind of Love; Singing to Our Favorite Song kind of Love; and, The Kind of Heart that will Love You No Matter what You look like or What You are doing kind of Love
• A Goal that is in The Process, Finishing The Laser Hair Removal Treatments! I can’t wait until The Final Zap and I can shout “Mission Accomplished!”
• This Goal I have talked to Lynee’s Mom, Dona about. I think It is Time to meet Lynee’s Brother. After All, I have already met Lynee’s Sister, Jona; Mom, Dona; and, Dad, John, but have yet to meet Lynee’s Brother.
• This One I feel is Personal, as if All the Others aren’t. Before PTLS Member Relation and Great Friend, Faith passed away I wanted her to teach me to Paddle Board. I know it seems Silly and It is Harder than It looks, I am told. However, I never made it out to North Georgia to Learn how to do it, I probably wanted to do it to Impress Her a Little bit and I knew that It was Her Favorite Thing to do. I would believe that Faith, herself, would still want me to at least try it.
• I do want My Mom and My Brother to find The Love of Their Lives too! And, for My Brother to become successful in What He Loves to Do because My Brother, Michael is worth it and deserves it! And, My Mom, She’s worth it and deserves it too! To My Friend, Scott Lerew, Where’s that Campaign You were going to start?!
• And, Finally in The PTLS Front. I have really wanted to make it to Italy. I have waited for a PTLS Family Member to have us there for a Long Time. It is sort of a Dream Trip, just like going to Sweden was. Plus, Why Not?! It gives me an Excuse to See Italy and Some of Our Family’s Heritage. There are Other Parts of The World that I would love to see as well.

So, It is always a Good Thing to Put Your Heart’s Desires out there because It puts You in a sense of Direction as well as Puts It in The Universe and Let’s God do His Work. Destiny will always work out in Some Way. All in All, Those are My Heart’s Desires and Goals for The Year of 2018. It is going to be An Awesome Year, Folks!

Thanks For Reading The Christianville Spirit. Follow Your Heart, It knows Exactly Where You are Going.