The Christianville Spirit: My Love for Genuine People

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Knows Love

February 27th, 2019-TCS # 629

Be Positive, My Readers! A Different Greeting This Time! As Always, I mean it! You know that My Newsletters are Always Positive, that is because I like Positive and Most of All, Real People. Actually scratch that, I like Genuine People. People, who mean what They say, Do what They say, and Most Importantly, Mean what they do. I am reminded of Two People that have My Attention at The Moment that I feel, The Most Genuine, by Far. One is a Newscaster here in Dallas, at the ABC (American Broadcasting Company; NOT to be confused with Australia’s ABC) Affiliate, WFAA. This Person is one of Reasons of Many that I like to watch WFAA Channel 8. Usually, in most cases, I feel that watching the News in other places, There is just the News telling and No Character to It. WFAA Channel 8, on the Other Hand is Very Characteristic and Interactive as well. But, There is One Newscaster who puts It all together, John McCaa. John McCaa has been on WFAA for as Long I can remember, He along with Other People that have Come and Gone, were Trademarks of The Station. Well, Unfortunately, John McCaa who is The Current Trademark of The Station is retiring on March (Marzo) 1st. I liked John McCaa most importantly not because He is The Trademark, but Because He is Real and Genuine. If There was a Story that was Near and dear to His Heart, You would know because of The Tone of His Voice when telling The Story. Sure, The Other Newscasters may poke at Him a bit about how He reacted to Said Story, but He held His Own. In His Later Years, He figured that He would catch on to Letting Loose about a Story He cared about via something called, “John McCaa Uncut”. He figured that if Dale Hanson, The Sportscaster could do It, Why not Him? He was The Trademark to Dallas’ WFAA-TV. I will miss Him a lot! 

Now, The Second Person who I feel is The Most Genuine is  More Close to Home. Although, My Mom or Grandma Honey never compare, We are not going THAT close to Home. We are going to what I call “My Special Needs Home”, “”My PTLS Home” to be exact. Now, Keep in Mind, I am not talking about a Literal Home but in My Mind, It might as well be. In My PTLS Home of Houston, Texas; There is a Doctor who is above All Doctors in My Mind, Doctor Potocki. Doctor Potocki (Pronounced Pah-Taw-Kee) is a Familiar Name because It is Her Name that is on My Special Needs, Potocki-Lupski Syndrome (or PTLS). Since Potocki-Lupski Syndrome Awareness Month or PTLS Awareness Month is in a Few Days, We might as well start here. Be Seen, Wear Green People! Anyway, Doctor Potocki, I call her Queen Potocki because She is Queen of not only PTLS but, The PTLS Union (Refer to “My Funny Names for Things” Newsletter and “PTLS Union Explanation” Newsletter)

My Funny Names for Things

http://thechristianvillespirit.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-christianville-spirit-my-funny.html 

PTLS Union Explanation 

http://thechristianvillespirit.blogspot.com/2009/07/christianville-spirit-plts-union.html 

So, As You can Imagine I see her Very Highly. Unfortunately, because I don't Live in Houston, I don’t get to see her that often however, She does come to Every Conference. I am Very Proud that She takes Time out of Her Very Busy Life to come and speak at The PTLS Conference. She loves Meeting PTLS Family Members both Veteran (those that have been around Forever) and New PTLS Family Members as well.

 Like John McCaa connects with Certain News Stories, You can tell when Doctor Potocki connects with Patients and PTLS Family Member’s Stories, Most likely You would first see change in Tone and a Few Emotions in there too. It is Normal, Folks! Don’t Worry! When Something should be Said like “John McCaa Uncut”, Doctor Potocki will most certainly jump in and Say It. If she connects to You, She will tell you as well. She says what She means, and Means what She says! and, that is what I love about Her! All in all,Having a 20 Year Family Friend Relation with Her and She know Everything about Me, Thanks to Her Reading My Newsletter! And, Getting to know me when I was 3 Years Old and Watching Me Grow Up. 

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. I Admire Genuine People, The Only Kind of People to have in Your Life. 

The Christianville Spirit: Real Talk about Poop

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Knows Love

February 20th, 2019-TCS # 628

Oh Boy, Readers! I have got a Treat for You This Week! So, In My Newsletter in General, I try to avoid certain Topics whether They are Triggering (The Modern Way of Saying “Upsetting”) or Even Graphic. For An Example, When I wrote a Newsletter about Future Married Life, I had to put a Rating on It. Refer to The “Real Talk about Relationships” Newsletter, if You want to. So, with that Said, I am going to talk about a Topic that is Common among Younger PTLSers but, There is More of an Instance than Even I realize. In a Way, I am taking My Newsletter this week to Place it has never been.

Now, For The Reason that this Newsletter may be Graphic, I am making this Newsletter, Rated R because of The Topic 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 This Topic, Stop Now!**

So, This is One of Those Topics that Make You think, TMI! (Too Much Information!). So, Let’s Jump In! So, Everyone  has What I call a Trigger Word. Meaning that Uttering or Hearing This Word, Disgusts Us. For Me, It is Gak and Slime, referring to The Gross Gooey Substances. For Most People, I would Imagine that It is Moist. But, to Some PTLSers, Their Trigger Word or in This Case, Trigger Moment would be Pooping. Yes, Really Folks! So, to be Fair, Who wouldn’t be Afraid of a Brown Mushy (Sometime Slime-y) Log coming out Your Behind?! My Mom and I were discussing about This the other day about How PTLSers (Yes, including Myself) feel about Pooping. Now, Let’s bear in Mind that Pooping is as Natural as Breathing.  It is a Part of Life. We know that Constipation is a real Part of PTLS. Now, For Younger PTLSers, If They are afraid of Pooping, It could be for Many Reasons including It coming Out slowly; Not coming out at all; or Painful coming out. For Me, I am not scared to Poop but, If I know that I have a Big “Log” coming, It makes me a Bit Nervous. Now, If I have a Big “Log”, When It starts coming out, I feel that It is Painful, I try to Push harder to hurry it up. Then, I get anxious and try to squeeze to stop the pain, just making it worse. So, It is like Push Hard, Squeeze and Try to cut it but I figure that I might as well just Push It through. For little Children, They do not understand what is happening, and just know It Hurts. They can not tell you what the feeling is, So they just stop and hold it. Then it is Really Constipated. Because of the pain or the feeling of it being Gooey (a Sensory problem), Some of the PTLSers may not want to eat because it means they have to Poop, and it hurts, or it feels really gooey to Them. On The Complete Opposite Side of This, After I have gone though an Event that causes Anxiety, I have what I call an “Intestinal Emptying”, meaning that A lot of The Poop that would otherwise come out slowly or Be Constipated, would all come out at One Time. It would not come out Really Fast, but, It would come out first as a “Log” and then, The Rest is just Paste-y looking.

 It actually feels Good after Having One of those because I know that My Intestines are not Full anymore. There are occasions when I become too Constipated and it is not comfortable. Imagine a small child who can not tell you this feeling. When I am anxious, then My Body wants to get rid of Everything. This is a bad feeling too because Your Child might not like that feeling. Oh, It is hard to do something that Is Normal. Everyone Poops! It is hard for us PTLSers when It Is a Sensory thing and We do not like it. This is Really hard for Me to talk about, but I Thought it would help some Parents understand their Child and this Normal thing everyone does. All in All, I hope This Newsletter helps You even though It was Too Much Information at Times!

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit.  Be Honest about Your Poop!

The Christianville Spirit: Valentine's Languages

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Knows Love

February 13th, 2019-TCS # 627

Happy Valentine’s Day, My Readers! Today is The Day of Love! Okay, so Not Everyone calls Valentine’s Day, “The Day of Love”, although It really should be referred to as that. I would imagine that It would make Those People who don’t believe in Valentine’s Day feel loved, because They feel that Valentine’s Day is only about Couples. Let Me Tell You, that is Further from The Truth! Valentine’s Day can be referred to as Different Names. It is called Valentine’s Day to Most People; One PTLS Family Members calls it “The Day of Evil” because, as He puts it, It is The Day that Card and Flower Companies get Rich. Of Course, My Mom refers to it as both “Heart Day” (Since You have pictures of The Heart; Why not in Medical Context, Talk about The Heart!) and Finally, Single’s Awareness Day, nodding that Valentine’s Day is The Day that You are going to be made painfully aware that You are still Single. 

So, After 12 Years of Writing The Christianville Spirit, I have written some Really Good Newsletters in The Topic of Love during Valentine’s Day. And, to be Honest, It is Harder now to come up with a Topic to write about for My Valentine’s Day Newsletter that has Not been written about. I mean, How do You top The Gold Ones that I have written?! Well, This is My Showcase of The Best Newsletters about Valentine’s Day. Think of This like a Top 10 Love Songs kind of Showing. 

These are Newsletters of Mine that I feel deserve The Gold Metal (Get It? The Olympics!) for Valentine’s Day and The Day of Love Newsletters in My Valentine’s Day Newsletter Roster. So, I am going to Help You enjoy Valentine’s Day, in whatever Mood You may be in or You Think of Valentine’s Day in One Way or Another. It was Very Hard for Me to Choose Which were The Best of The Best in My 11 Years of Writing, but These are The Gold Ones! 

The Gold Valentine’s Day Newsletters go by Title and Year so that They are Easy to find!

An Unconventional Story (2018)

Destiny in The Making (2015) 

In Search of Bridgett (2014)

 Infectious: A Love Story (2012)

 Different Kinds of Love (2010)

You are Loved This Valentine’s Day (2009)

Now, Don’t Worry, I am not going leave you out of The Mushiness, Non-Believers. You may call This Day, Single’s Awareness Day or “Day of Evil” according to a PTLS Family Member I knew. Well, What if You believe in Love but, Aren’t feeling it This Year? I feel like I am Ted Mosby of The TV Show How I Met Your Mother right before He meets The Mother. You believe in Love with All Your Heart but, You are Ready for Your “Person”, quoting Christina Yang of Grey’s Anatomy, to Come into Your Life. You want to see that Kind of Love! 

So, This Year’s Tagline and Theme is The Spirit that Knows Love, I feel that The Best Showing of Love that I can give you is The Best Unplanned Lesson about Love that I found out. It is Something that when You consider The Context of It, is so Simple. In A Past Newsletter called “Your Soulmate is...” (Refer to Newsletter 176; December 2009) and that I feel Perfectly Explains the Best Kind of Love. But, This Unplanned Lesson that I had was more about How to Love. This, I feel is My Best Advice to How to Love, via Something called Love Languages! I will let The Me from 2013 explain in a Rerun about Love Languages!

This Newsletter was written on February 27th of 2013 (Refer to Newsletter 340)

So, 2 Weeks Ago, I was on YouTube, catching up with the you tubers that I watch, when I saw a video from one of their friends. It was a video explaining about a quiz about what is called, “The 5 Love Languages.” I had heard something about “The 5 Love Languages” a couple years ago but, I overlooked it and moved on. I also remember telling the PTLS Family Member that I have dates with Thursday & Friday about it because “Love Language” to My Literal Sense, means that it’s another language that you know or have to learn. Like learning to speak English or French. Anyway, after watching the video, I got a little curious about the quiz and all the time that I have been on Facebook (both Now and in the “Madison Days”) I always loved taking personality or romantic quizzes, so this one wasn’t any different. Anyway, This Quiz was a 30 Question quiz about what you would prefer in the way that someone shows how much they love you or really, how to love you. Needless to say, it was an interesting quiz because it made you think deeper about the way you want to be loved or shown love, than an entertainment quiz like “What’s Your Personality Color?” or “What Kind of Lover Are You?” So, after I took the quiz, it gave me the results. So, what they do is they give you a list of the 5 Love Languages that you speak most to least. So, My “Primary Love Language” is called Quality of Time. Quality of Time means that to Show that You Love Me is spending lots of time with me, giving me your undivided attention, and taking an interest into everything that I am saying. They say that no time together and not paying attention to what someone is saying, can be hurtful. So, here are the other 4 Love Languages...

• Physical Touch: My 2nd Love Language. To show someone that you care and/or love them is to touch them appropriately like Holding Hands, Cuddling, and Putting Your Arm around them. If you touch them inappropriately, hit them, or push them, it can be hurtful.   
• Words of Affirmation: Nothing says, “I Love You” like just saying something like, “I Love You, Honey”, “Your Amazing”, “Your Intelligent”, or Basic Compliments. However, Hateful Words, even if you think you are joking, it can be hurtful.
• Acts of Service: This is My Mom’s 2nd Love Language. Actions speak Louder than Words. The Biggest way to this person’s heart is lending a helping hand with Homework, Housework, and Projects. However, things like Laziness and Broken Promises can be hurtful. 
• Receiving Gifts: For those who speak this language, to show you love them is to shower them with gifts. They love gifts, for their Birthday, Valentine’s Day, or Just a random Tuesday Evening. However, If you miss and/or forget their birthday, No Roses on Valentine’s Day, or Not giving much, can be hurtful.

So, those are My 5 Love Languages. I’ll tell you though, it doesn’t only help you understand what Love Language comes out naturally to yourself. But, also it’s help you understand your Friend’s Love Language or better yet, your Romantic Interest’s Love Language. If you asked me if I would recommend this quiz, I would say Yes. I think you should try it and see what your 5 Love Languages are and help you understand your Friends & Family’s Love Languages better. All in All, You may not think about it, but Love Languages are an important part of your life.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Meet Your Love in The Middle. Learn where your “Middle” is.

The Christianville Spirit: Words, Words, Words-A Christianville Classic

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Knows Love

February 6th, 2019-TCS # 626

Happy February, My Readers! Yes, This is a more Common Greeting to Me than You Think. Every Month, on First Day of The Month, I always tell My Mom, Happy (Insert Month Here)! Happy February; Happy March (Marzo); You get The Idea. Speaking of March (I call it Marzo), PTLS Awareness Month is coming up soon! Get Ready! I am Very Excited! For Now though, It is February, The Month of Love. Now, Not Everyone agrees with Valentine’s Day but, Love Anyway! So, on to This Week’s Newsletter! So, as a Token of My Love for You, My Readers, I realized that I have not Made any Newsletters a Christianville Classic in a while! So, I found one to do so that is Perfect! It will be The Second Newsletter that I have classic’d with 3 of The Same Word. For Example, Refer to Christianville Classic, “Labels, Labels, Labels!”. However, The Newsletter that I am about to make a Christianville Classic is a Newsletter called “Words, Words, Words!”. I believe that it explains perfectly about How Literal us PTLS’ers are.

As a Reminder, You can always Check The Christianville Classics List for Some of My Best Newsletters. Also, While I am at it. Anytime, You can send me Newsletter Suggestions on Topics on PTLS and Otherwise, that You, My Reader, would like to read about.  So, Without Further a Due, This is The Christianville Classic Newsletter, “Words, Words, Words!”

 This Newsletter was written on September 16th of 2015 (Refer to Newsletter 466)

Buena-sera, My Readers! As I like to try different greetings, Buena-sera is Italian for “Good Day”. So, What are we going to Talk about This Week? Well, We are going talk about a Trait in PTLSers that gets often Overlooked. You See, Us PTLSers when it comes to learning, We are Very Literal in Every Sense of The Word. Now, It is Funny that I always say that I am Literal, My Mom tells PTLS Family Members that I am Literal, and I know that I learn a certain way (as does Everyone Else) and I know how I handle things. So, In Short, I believe that I am just Me, Yes I am aware that I have Special Needs, let alone having Potocki-Lupski Syndrome and Yet, I don’t see the big deal of Having PTLS or even Being “Literal” because It has been the Way I have lived My Whole Life. So, In some odd way, It is Normal (or better word, “Typical”) to Me. So, It begs The Question, What is “Being Literal?” and Yes, I had  to ask Myself that too so Don’t Worry! “Being Literal” means that You see Everything for What it is, Everything is, As Is. As It appears or Exactly What The Word is means means Words are Pictures to Me. Being Literal, is to say the least, Challenging sometimes because of Things like Figures of Speech, Odd Phrases and/or Words, and Jokes. Now, Don’t Get Me Wrong, I do get Jokes sometimes, but Sometimes Someone can say something that sounds Serious but, really is just a Joke. So, Figures of Speech, We can call them “Speech Spices” or “Speech Enhancements” because in a way They are. In High School, In order to help catch me up with The Way Most Typical People talk, I had to take a “Figurative Language” class. I had to learn Phrases like “Don’t Let The Cat Out of The Bag” (Keeping a Secret), “It is Raining Cats and Dogs Out There!”(Very Heavy Rain), “Sweep Someone off of Their Feet” (Literally, It means You are taking a Broom and Sweeping their Body away from Their Feet. Figuratively, It means Falling In Love or Liking Someone a Lot), “You are What You Eat” (If You eat Bad Foods, then You feel Bad and Vice Versa), “It is Hotter than Hades Out Here!”(It is Very Hot Outside), and “Pick Yourself up by Your Boot Straps” (Learn from Your Mistakes). Now, In My Mind, that meant, that There is a Cat in a Bag and Why is it in There, and Why can’t we let it out?; It is Literally raining Cats and Dogs (as in, Real Cats and Dogs are falling from The Sky)?; When You say Said thing, You sweep them off there feet?; So, If You eat a Hot Dog than You are a Hot Dog? Add to That, Idioms, Clichés, Metaphors, Similes, and Hyperboles, And You have yourself a Very Confused and Frustrated Me!

Schnikies! I have to say I am having a Bit of a Hard Time Writing This Newsletter, Trying to Remember those Figures of Speech from School and Let Alone trying to Remember what They mean, as well as Explaining it The Best I can to You. But, The Sad Thing is that All These Sayings do not make any sense to Me. It frustrated me and I got a Little Sad because I want You to understand how My Mind works, But It is hard to Explain something that I know that I struggle with, It does not make sense to Me, but People around me use these “Figures of Speech” and Jokes, I always have to ask, “Was that a Joke or Figure of Speech?”. All in all, When You are talking to Your Kids, What You say, They take Word for Word or They are not going understand you, or Just Ignore You.

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say.