The Christianville Spirit: (TCS Series) Friends

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
May 27, 2009- TCS # 150

Ok, everyone it’s time for the 6th Installment of The Christianville Spirit, “Potocki-Lupski Syndrome: Christian’s Story” for this installment, I’m going to tell you about friends. Our social skills may not be at the normal level but, we can make friends and keep them. I have many friends with different kinds of Special Needs from Shaken Baby Syndrome to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. a lot of the friends I have now, I met in High School or some before. Also, I have non-special needs friends, they understand me, and they’re nice to me. Some of my childhood friends would defend me if someone was not nice to me. For example, our friend Meredith Herrick defended me when I was bullied in the 5th Grade and she asked My Mom, “what are the consequences if I hit the kid who has been bullying Christian?” and My Mom told her what would happen. She thought about it and she said it would be worth it. Eventually, The bullying stopped. Now, I don’t want you to get worried about it because it was just a few boys in the 5th grade and that was it. It never happened again and the rest of my schooling went fine. The bullying consisted of kids throwing spitballs at me and there was no physical bullying and it happened in the 5th Grade. Other than that, everyone was nice to me. All in all, it’s good to have Family and Friends helping you.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. If you have good friends by your side, you’ll get through life great

The Christianville Spirit:(TCS Series) The Things We Like

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
May 20, 2009- TCS # 149
Alright, everyone it’s time for the 5th installment of The Christianville Spirit series “Potocki-Lupski Syndrome: Christian’s Story”. For this installment I’m going to tell you about the things that we like. Some of these things are not what you would expect from a child like that we love to ride in the car. Why? Because we love to look at the signs, listen to road noises, and see the sights. I love to do those things; I like to see the front and back of the road signs because I like the different of the back of the signs in other states. I also like the different sounds of the roads and bridges. Because I like to look at the road signs and the surroundings, I probably won’t be driving for a while because my reaction speed is slow and I wouldn’t be able to react in time because I would looking at the road signs and other things. I like to also “cyber travel” with Google Maps’ Street View I can drive up and down roads and see what they look like. So, I can practically go on my own road trips. Also, I like to look at my maps and run my finger down to the road like I’m on a road trip.

This is something that people find different about me and that is that I like certain foods if they have certain things on them like for example I won’t eat French Fries but, I’ll eat them if they have cheese on them. You see, that is somewhat how My Mom wanted me to try something new to eat. When I was a kid, she put honey or something I like on the new food and I would eat it. That’s how I got started eating new things. After a while, though I just started eating things that looked good whether it was new or not and that’s how I eat the foods I eat today. All in all, those are the things we like.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Everyone in the world is only 1% different. So, you are literally the most special person to this world and god!

The Christianville Spirit:(TCS Series) The Things We Do

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
May 13, 2009- TCS # 148
Ok, Everyone. It’s time for the 4th installment of The Christianville Sprit Series “Potocki-Lupski Syndrome: Christian’s Story”. For this installment I’m going to elaborate as much as I can about what parts of my Special Needs there are. The first one is about my motor skills, when I was little one of my issues was with buttoned pants; I had issues buttoning them on and off. So, I now wear athletic pants that are easy to pull up and down. Although I do wear button pants too and I can button them now; Another thing I had trouble with was tying my shoes, I liked to just slip them on and go instead spending time tying them because it was hard for me to figure out how to do it. One major important thing about understanding your child is that they’re very schedule and routine oriented. They do things at a specific time and in a specific order like when I was going to High School, I always had to get up at 7:56 each morning and Today, I have to get up on a time ending in 5. Another thing we do is have anxiety and fears, some of those things are as simple trying new things, I get all worked up about trying something new. There was one time that Mr. Jeff (a guy My Mom was dating) had a boat and when I got on it I started gagging and after get going on the boat I was fine. Another time was when My Mom put me on a slide and I started crying because I didn’t want to go down it and after I went down it. I wanted to go on it again and again. We have also sensitivities which have to do with food textures, lights, and sounds. All My Life I have had some kind of food texture issue when I was little was Mac n’ Cheese, Pasta, and Yogurt; The sunlight really bothered me. Sounds like were louder than they actually were. The final thing we do is called stemming. One of those things was pacing back and forth and lining things up like my toy cars I had. All in all, those are the things that make us special.
　
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. We are special in our own way, special needs or not.

The Christianville Spirit:(TCS Series) The Importance of Family and Understanding

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
May 6, 2009-TCS # 147
OK, everyone it’s time for the 2nd installment of The Christianville Spirit Series, “Potocki-Lupski Syndrome: Christian’s Story”. Today, I’m going to tell you about the importance of Family and Understanding. You see, we are very appreciative about our family. Because it’s our Moms or Dads that are there to guide their PTLS Children into The World and the thing is they need help from you. Like for example, us PTLS Kids/Adults have motor skill issues, schedule and routine oriented, a lot of anxiety and fears, feeding/texture issues, and special little
Quirks. All these things need an understanding parent. My Mom was and still is an awesome mom because she understands me and has gone through a lot for me. She has gone up to bat for me and I want to wish her and all you moms a 2x’s very Happy Mother’s Day. All in all, My Mom is great and awesome mom.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. With understanding your child, you have the power to be an awesome mom.

The Christianville Spirit:(TCS Series)History and Beginning

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
April 29, 2009- TCS # 146
For those of you who have been following with this newsletter know I haven’t had a Series in a while. So, I’ve decided to do another series. You see, there are a lot of people who follow this newsletter for the sake of what is happening and what will happen to their child with Potocki-Lupski Syndrome so, I thought that I would try to help you with another series. We’ll call this “Potocki-Lupski Syndrome: Christian’s Story”. so, without a due this is “Potocki-Lupski Syndrome: Christian’s Story”. For those of you who don’t know, I was the first official person in The United States and the 4th in The World diagnosed with what is now known as Potocki-Lupski Syndrome. Back then, it was just known as a duplication of chromosome 17 p.11.2 which when I wanted to tell people about it; I would just say “I have a Duplication of Chromosome 17” which no one knew what the world it was. Now, there were several differences that were unlike normal kids. I have a lot of Texture Issues and I wouldn’t eat anything besides Macaroni n’ Cheese and Yogurt. I started talking when I was 4 but it wasn’t that clear. In fact, when people talked to me and asked me to repeat myself; I had to repeat myself several times and that frustrated me. So, when I had to do it; each time I had to repeat myself and talked a bit louder so, people could hear me. Now, I had Speech Therapy from when I was 15 Months Old to about My Junior Year of High School. I had a lot of fears like getting on a slide, a swing, and a boat but, once I was put on it and it got going I loved it and I wouldn’t get off. All in all, If your child is afraid of something they shouldn’t be, just put them on. But, be ready because they won’t want to get off

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. All Special Needs people want the most is understanding for everyone.

If you would like to Comment, Read past newsletters. Go to thechristianvillespirit.blogspot.com

And, if your interested in the Christianville Metro Area go to our sister site, christianvilletribune.blogspot.com

The Christianville Spirit: The Sister of My Childhood

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
April 22, 2009- TCS # 145

As you all know, I have told you a lot about my childhood and how I grew up at Mr. Jeff’s House. We had a lot of fun growing up there. There was 7 of us Me, Michael, Alex, Mr. Jeff, My Mom, Jeffery, and of course Izzy. As most people in the Christianville Metro Area know that one of our sister cities is Izzyville, MS which the neighbor to the south of Christianville. Izzy is in way is part of my family and Christianville’s originality, she’s always been there. You see, If My Mom would have married Mr. Jeff, which he wanted her to; Izzy would have been My Sister. Though I do have a sister named Hope down in Houston but, she is my Step-Sister which to me doesn’t mean much to me because I was never that close to Hope. Izzy however, I was close to her. Heck, I grew up with her. Now, although Izzy would technically been another Step-Sister, I actually would have considered Izzy my sister. Why? Because we were close and I’ve always wanted a sister but, I wouldn’t want My Mom to have another baby. Now, aside from that I and she had great fun and memories. At Mr. Jeff’s we had a creek and a trampoline in our backyard and in top of that between us and The Herrick’s House there was no fence. Anyway, there were many times we would go down into the creek and run through the water and one time we even made a dam. Usually, during the day we were either in the creek, at the Herrick’s, or on the trampoline. A funny memory that I am thinking as I write is one time My Dad came to town for my birthday and surprised me with a Bounce House. Anyway, that day in our back yard was both a Bounce House and the trampoline. Although, we jumped in The Bounce House; the funny thing was we jumped on the trampoline more. Also, not only did we have a trampoline and the creek. But, our friend down the street named Hunter and Ashley Hooper had a pool to swim in. all in all, it was an awesome childhood filled with great memories.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Enjoy and cherish your Life and The People you have. Cause, it can be taken away so easily.

The Christianville Spirit: The Buliding of People's Moods

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
April 15, 2009-TCS # 144
OK, I know everyone is sick of hearing about The Stock Market and The Economy. But, here is what I’ve noticed about the problem with the investors besides Wall Street Greed. It is also their mood; when their mood is down the stocks goes down and when their mood is up the stocks goes up. You see, people’s moods depend on how they see things. Let’s think of people’s mood as a 120-Floor Building we‘ll call “The Building of People‘s Moods, The 120th floor is the happiest you can be or “Being on top on the world” and then, the ground floor is when your very sad or “Hitting Rock Bottom”. in this building, colored floors that reflect the mood the floor reflects to. These colors and floors are as follows:
Floors 0-40 (Purple Floors)
Floors 40-60 (Red Floors)
Floors 60-80(Orange Floors)
Floors 81-90(Yellow Floors)
Floors 91-120(Green Floors)
Here is what the colors means:
Green Floors: Really Happy People
Yellow Floors: Happy People
Orange Floors: Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad
Red Floors: Sad People
Purple Floors: Sad and Angry People
Now, these are the positive side of the building, the really angry, sad, depressed, and evil people go on the Negative Floors or “N-Floors” these floors only go to 20 “N-Floors”. being on the “N-Floors” too long can result in not believing in God, not believing in Happiness, and a lowering Self-Esteem. All it takes is a quick hop on the Elevator and go up to the Happy Floors, just go up!
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. If you are feeling lower than the Orange Floors, Elevate Your Life!

The Christianvile Spirit: My Prefrences

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
April 8, 2009-TCS # 143
For those of you that know me real well know what with my Special Needs, the things people with My Special Needs do are very detailed and have to have things in specific way, we’ll call them Preferences. Some of My Preferences are easy to get around or some aren’t. My 1st one is when I up in the morning. The time that my head rises from the pillow has to be at a time that ends in 5 like: 45, :55, or :15 just for example. Another one is not so easy to get around for other people, whenever we out at eat I have to sit in a seat that faces North or East because those are my favorite directions however, sometimes it matters what’s going on around like if there is something I don’t like facing North, then I’ll face directions. Now, please know that I don’t HAVE TO sit in those directions but, I like to. The next preference is one that has to be fulfilled, while riding in the car I have to sit on the right side window because I like to see the front and back of the road signs on the highway. Also, while flying on an airplane I like sit at the window seat so, I can look out. But, I don’t care which side of the plane I sit on. The next one is easy to work around for others, the volume for the TV and Radio. The number has to be not too loud and on the 5’s, 7’s., And 10’s. TV volume goes on 5’s and 10’s (like 10 or 15). The final preference of the day is that I have to have my snack at 8 PM each night. All in all, we are very scheduled and preference oriented.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. All special needs people want are love, respect, and understanding. It’s that simple!

The Christianville Spirit: The History of The Christianville Spirit

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
April 1, 2009-TCS # 142

For those of you who have been reading The Christianville Spirit for a while have seen all the changes of this newsletter. But, however there are people who have been reading this since the beginning. So, I thought I would give you a view of the history of a newsletter called The Christianville Spirit. The Christianville Spirit or TCS for short started in Christianville, TN in November of 2005 as an email to My Mom and my friend Karleen about the 1st Christian’s Best Friends’ Festival. My Mom told me I should start writing a newsletter about my view on life because my view on life and the world is a unique view. One time I was writing stuff about The City of Christianville and I wanted a newspaper name for The Metro Area so, the word “Spirit” seamed like a good name to symbolize the Christianville Area. On Wednesday, October 4, 2006 was the first official “Christianville Spirit” and it was about my best friend Steven’s “10 Weeks of Awesome Behavior” back when he was in The Group Home. The Christianville Spirit has been known for its slogans. The slogans have changed over the years so, Here are a list of slogans and how long they lasted.
· The first slogan was “Serving The Christianville Metro Area” that lasted from the first Christianville Spirit to December 29, 2006.
· The 2nd slogan was “Christianville Metro Area’s Delight” which lasted one newsletter in January 2007
· The 3rd slogan was “Christianville’s #1 Newspaper” which lasted one newsletter on January 4, 2007
· The 4th slogan was “The Spirit of Christianville” which lasted January 9, 2007-December 27, 2007
· The 5th slogan was “The Spirit that touches Lives” which lasted January 3, 2008-December 29, 2008
· The 6th and current slogan is “The Spirit that touches Your Life” which lasts January 2009-the end of the year
Also, The Christianville Spirit has it’s share of websites it was posted on. The first website was 360.yahoo.com/mapkid2 which was my own personal Yahoo 360 site and after that it moved to it’s current site, thechristianvillespirit.blogspot.com. another The Christianville Spirit has been known for is it’s inspirational lines at the end of the newsletter, the first inspirational line was “ Have a Spiritful Day” in the 14th newsletter. The next thing my newsletter has been known for is its series. The first TCS Series was “Christianville Metro Highlight” which about my friends and family. In the series, I got the biggest reaction to my newsletter is the “Julie Smith-Centeno Edition” of that series. Before I started writing full articles I wrote about what was going on in my life and what was going on in Christianville, those sections of the newsletter were known the “Personal News” and Christianville News” section and Another section change was the addition of the “C. Metro Commentary”. Finally, In case your wondering what the “TCS # 143” heading means, that shows how many newsletters I’ve written since the 1st in October of 2006. all in all, it’s a lot of fun to write these newsletters each week.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. People’s good attitude depends on a good thought and good input. So, feed them good stuff!

The Christianville Spirit: The Bradford Pear Tree

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
March 25, 2009- TCS # 141
As we all know already, It’s spring which rain showers, flowers, and trees growing their leaves. That is my favorite part of spring in Plano, the trees growing their leaves. You see, here in Plano we have these tree called the Bradford Pear Tree. The Bradford Pear Tree is really pretty in the spring. What happens is around the last of February(Depending the weather of course) White flowers start to grow on the tree and then, after that the leaves start growing along with the white flowers. From the distance, you see a combination of St. Patrick’s Day Green and White on the tree; to me it looks really beautiful. To me, seeing the flowers tells me that Spring is on it’s way. Every Spring I like to follow the growth of the tree because I like watching the process of it. All in all, The Bradford Pear Tree is a really awesome tree.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Tell someone you love that they are as pretty as a flower.

The Christianville Spririt: Temporary Negative Thought Files

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches lives
March 18, 2009-TCS # 140
You know, when you get on online your computer saves the web pages you’ve visited. Well, those are called “Temporary Internet Files”. Well, in a way that can relate to your life. You see, computers have this part of it known as the “Hard Drive” or “Hard Disk”; the Hard Drive contains all the information of your computer like programs, web sites, computer errors, and more. By now, I’m sure your asking me, “Christian, what does all this stuff have to do with my life?” well, Your Brain much like the Hard Drive stores all the information about Your Body and Mind. The “Temporary Internet Files” are much like your thoughts. You see, the “Temporary Internet Files” store on the computer’s Hard Drive and that’s why your computer gets so slow. Well, your thoughts mainly if they’re negative instead of making you slow, they make you both bitter and slow. Body wise these “Files” we’ll call “Temporary Negative Thought Files”. These “Files” however are only temporary if you get rid of them. If not then, they stay in your brain’s “Hard Drive” and eventually turn into “Viruses” (body wise that means you get sick and bitter). The point that I’m trying to get here is that you should get rid of those nasty “Temporary Negative Thought Files” so that you can run more beautifully.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Instead of worrying about your life and things, wonder how God’s Life is going. I mean, he’s got a life too!!

The Christianville Spirit: The Amazing Acela Train

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
March 11, 2009-TCS # 138/139

So, A couple weeks ago I was scanning through the TV Channels looking for something to watch and I found this new show on The History Channel. The show was called “Extreme Trains”, a show about a guy from Maine, who worked at a Train Depot; who crosses the country in search of the way America functions with Trains. Anyway, on the this episode he rode what is known as The Acela Train that runs along The Northeast Corridor or “ The Northeast Megalopolis”, which is an area ranging from Washington D.C to Boston, MA. Anyway, what makes this train amazing is that it is the fastest train in North America. In fact, the top speed of The Acela Train goes an astounding 150 miles per hour! There are no other trains in North America that go that fast. However, there are many trains in Europe that go even faster; Like one in Europe goes around 500 miles an hour. The Acela Train runs via a High Speed cable overhead and The Train is actually a part of the AMTRAK system.
The host rode the train line from Union Station in Washington D.C to South Station in Boston, MA. When the host rode the train he noticed the Hudson River Tunnel was really small. So small that it seemed like only the train could fit in it. Also He also found out that New York’s Pennsylvania Station is the busiest train station in The US. All in all, The Acela Train is an amazing Train.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Don’t waste your life going as fast as this train, slow down and enjoy life.

The Christianville Spirit: Wonders of International Borders(Part 2)

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
March 4, 2009-TCS # 137

If you read last week’s “Christianville Spirit” I told you of the many different kinds of International Borders. So, This Week’s “Christianville Spirit” is part 2 of it. Why? Because I believe that just one newsletter to explain the borders wasn’t enough. So, I’m going to do a 2nd part of it. You see, it’s not just the Customs part of the International Border Fascination. It’s also what they put On The Border; like for example one of the most fascinating borders I’ve seen on Google Maps is the Turkey/Greece Border because the rails of the side of the road on the bridge are colored the National colors, like the rails on the Turkish side has red and white rails and on the Greek side the rails are light blue and white. And, to top it off the flags of Turkey and Greece meet at the center. Another border that is fascinating is the already mentioned Thailand/Myanmar (Burma) Border at the northern most point of Thailand. There is a bridge with the Thailand and Myanmar flags on the side of bridge to the center of the bridge. The final way International Borders are interesting is some borders put plaque to mark where the countries meet. I find it interesting that on the Amistad Dam; on US/Mexico Border near Del Rio, TX, they have the American eagle with the name of the country on the US Side and the Mexican Eagle on the Mexican Side. Another interesting International fact is about what is known as The European Union; there is an agreement in some countries in Europe that people and goods can freely travel from one country to another. And, if you are a citizen of The European Union you can live in a nation like Italy and work in France. All in all, The World has fascinating International Borders.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Think that The Economy will get better and it will!

The Christianville Spirit: Wonders of International Borders

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
February 25, 2009-TCS # 136

As you all know I love Travel and like find things related to travel online. One of the things I like to is look at Google Maps. I like to look at Google Maps because it has really cool functions like Street View, Pictures, Wikipedia, and more… anyway, my latest interest seems to be using that Pictures function and go to International Borders in many parts of the world. Now, in real life the only International Borders I’ve been to are the US/Mexico Border at Laredo and Progresso, TX; and US/Canada at Sault Ste. Marie, MI. but, with Google Maps I’ve been to many borders like China/Russia, Turkey/Iran, Sweden/Denmark, and more. Seeing that many borders makes you realize the different styles of International Borders. Some International Borders have gates on either side; some borders have bridges with the flags of the countries to the middle of the bridge like for example at the Myanmar/Thailand Border they have a bridge with Thailand’s Flags and Myanmar Flags on the side of them and in the middle they meet. But, the 2 things that amazes me the most is that 2 countries with 2 different languages can meet on a bridge or in the middle of land or 2 counties with different building styles and different political systems meet in one place. All in all, though it’s really cool to see pictures of different International Borders.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Be blessed that you live in The United States because some countries aren’t as lucky as us.

The Christianville Spirit: Switch or not to switch to DTV?; that is the question

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
February 18, 2009- TCS # 135

As we know, 2 weeks ago Congress and President Obama voted to delay the DTV Switch to June 12. But, the other day I looked up which TV stations are going to change anyway because I read in several places that even though the February 17th deadline has been delayed, it told me that some TV Stations that are ready to change will in fact change on or after February 17th. So, I looked up which ones were changing just out of curiosity and I found that hundreds of TV Stations are changing. Many of them weren’t in many major city markets. A majority of them were in smaller markets like Madison, WI; Sioux Falls, SD; and, Burlington, VT just to give you an idea. The most surprising was The Burlington, Vermont Market; there they changed all the TV stations in the market including major TV networks like ABC, NBC, and CBS. Now, although you might think the smaller markets changed, the minor TV stations of major markets changed. Like in the Atlanta market, they’re PBS stations changed and in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, a religious and Spanish channel changed to DTV. So, all in all you might need to check which station changed to DTV and if one of them is your favorite station you might want to get a converter box or connect to Cable. Also, there’s the option of watching your show online.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Focus on Happy things and happy things will come.

The Christianville Spirit: Steven's Finally Back!

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
February 11, 2009-TCS # 134

So, one day I was sitting watching TV when the phone rang and it was My Best Friend Steven. When I starting talking to him, he told me something you wouldn’t believe. You see, he’s been in 2 Group Homes in the past 4 years because his behavior was bad because of his Special Needs. So, he begins the call with “what would you say if I told you that I was coming back home?!?!?” it turned out that he was in fact coming back home to Plano after 4 years to try to live at home and work on his behavior. After he told me this, I was shocked and excited that he was coming back home because that meant that him and I can spend time together doing things we used to like going to Movies, Hanging at his house, and Special Olympics Bowling. So far, his behavior has been pretty good while he’s been here. All in all, I am really happy and excited that he’s back in Plano.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Awesome Friends are hard to find. so, cherish the ones you have!

The Christianville Spirit: You Are Loved, This Valentine's Day

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches your life
February 4, 2009-TCS # 134

Valentines Day, a day on the 14th of February that many people have different feelings about; some people absolutely love it because that’s the day that they can surprise their significant other or they get lovely roses from them or if you are in High School, your secret crush. But, most people who are single, divorced, being cheated on, or widowed; it’s a depressing and feeling-like-your-unloved day. But, here’s the truth about that, you may not have someone to kiss all over but, the thing is you ARE loved. Who you say? Well, God, Jesus Christ (or whomever of higher power you worship), and of course Your Family, both the ones you live with and those far away. Also, Your Friends and even a guy/girl you know who’s been secretly crushing on you loves you. But, the point here is that there is SOMEONE in this world who loves you and don’t you forget that. There are more people out there who love you then you realize. So, open you heart let them in this Valentine’s Day.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Drink to Your Health with MonaVie! What’s MonaVie? Email My Mom at julie8788@aol.com or call 972-400-2273 to find out!

The Christianville Spirit: Great Days at The Lake House

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
January 28, 2009- TCS # 132

When I was a kid, it seemed like every summer Me, My Brother, My Mom, and Mr. Jeff (A guy My Mom was dating at the time) and his kids Alex, Elizabeth, and sometimes Jeffery, would go to a cabin up near a lake called Nocona, which is about a 2 hour drive from Plano. This cabin, aptly named “The Lake House”, was on the east shore of a small lake, which was next door to Lake Nocona, called “Leisure Lake” in a country neighborhood called “Nocona Hills”. Anyway, we had a lot of fun there each summer and after awhile I start making up names for places around “The Lake House”. You see, back then and even today my imagination was quite something. In my mind I would make up whole cities or even metro areas like Christianville. But, the things I named were actually real places around the house. Like for example, since The Lake House was at the east end of the lake, the shore looked like a horseshoe curve that I named “Kids Bend”. I came up with that name because we were kids, and us kids would sit on the dock on the edge of “Kids Bend”. In my mind, “Kids Bend” extended a couple blocks away from the house. I called the hill down the road from the house “Downtown Kids Bend”. There was a small creek running next to the house across from us that was called the Christian River after a long debate between us kids. After the naming, we found a flat piece of wood that wrote the name on. All in all, all of us kids had a great time up there and a great childhood.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. If you see someone who needs a hug, give them a hug and let them know they’re loved.

The Christianville Spirit: Profoundly Normal

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
January 21, 2009- TCS # 131
So, last week on a Friday Night I was scanning through the channels looking for something to watch and I came across a movie on Lifetime called “Profoundly Normal”. So, I thought it was interesting and I looked at the info. And, it said that it was a true story about a developmentally disabled couple who fall in love, get married, and have a baby contrary to what other people say. So, I turned it on and I felt great that there was actually a love story for people with Special Needs. But, however little did I know they also would show what life inside a Mental Institution that was very disturbing. Because it showed how they grew up in a Mental Institution where they were physically and mentally abused. But, they overcame the bad things that they experienced. The best part was that this couple got married even though their The State said no. so; all in all, this movie shows that Special Needs can conquer anything they put their mind to.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. If you see or hear something about Special Needs people being treated badly, do something about it and help them!

The Christianville Spirit: Happy New Year 2009

The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches Your Life
January 7, 2009- TCS # 130
Hello everyone and Welcome Back to another exciting year of touching and insightful newsletters of The Christianville Spirit. Happy New Year and Welcome to 2009; this year I believe will a year of togetherness and change. To kick off that change, their will a lot of changes to The Christianville Metro Area beginning with The State Of The Metro Address on January 12 and the things The City Counsels’ of The Metro Area want to do is to change many the area freeways names because area suburbs want to advertise their cities; here are the changes that are in store for the freeways Christian Centeno Expressway will turn to Brooke Expressway, Christian Centeno Tollway will be honored in memory of our dog Sophie called Sophie Memorial Thruway and finally, Christian Centeno Freeway will become New England Cities Freeway. Now, Other than Local Changes there will be also the big DTV switch that will drive people crazy in February. All in all, 2009 will be a year of change and love.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Have a Loving and Awesome New Year in 2009!