The Christianville Spirit: New York State is the Better Choice

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July 29, 2009-TCS # 158

Ok, My fellow readers. This newsletter, I believe will intrigue you. Why? Well, My Friend, you’re about to find out. Now, let me ask you, when you think of New York, what do you think of? I could probably tell you that you’re thinking of New York City, not as much about New York State. Now, we all know that NYC has Broadway Musicals, Times Square, and the ever-romantic and iconic, Empire State Building. But, what about New York State; Well, the only part of NY State that people think of is the famous Niagara Falls but, the thing is even though Niagara Falls is in New York State when you think of New York, New York CITY comes to mind most of the time. Well, I’m here to tell you that there is much more to New York than New York City. First, there’s the extremely beautiful and scenic Adirondack Mountains and Park. In the Adirondacks, My favorite place, there are many places to see. Like for example, there’s Lake Placid, the site of the Winter Olympics and of course in the winter Lake Placid is a ski Mecca. Now, there’s the Adirondack Scenic Railroad which runs from Lake Placid to Utica and along the way is very beautiful scenery of the mountains. Now, this area isn’t JUST a mountain range, it’s more special. And, I know your thinking, “But, why though?” Well, the mountains here are part of Adirondack Park which is a 6 million acre forest preserve which is said to be kept “forever wild”. For the Sports fanatics, New York State has Cooperstown which is home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame where you can learn the history of Baseball and see the famous stars that made baseball the way it is today. So, you see my fellow readers, there is much more to see than New York City. So, back to my favorite place, So, Can’t you just see me sitting in an Adirondack Chair on the porch of an authentic Adirondack Log Cabin over looking the lake and mountains? I dream of it. All in all, New York State is an awesome State and I Can’t wait to go.

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The Christianville Spirit: All We Need is Positiveness

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July 22, 2009- TCS # 157
So, I was watching ABC News with Charles Gibson and talking to My Mom about something, when they mentioned something, to my shock that an unknown donor spent money to put signs up all over the country saying positive things to lift people’s spirits in this economy; and, it actually helps. According to The Closing Bell’s Maria Bartiromo on CNBC says that when positive things are said about the economy, the stock market go up and when bad things are said then, it doesn’t moved at all. In fact, an example of this happened the other day Maria interviewed an economist who had always thought the stock market was doomed said “The worst is behind us now” in the middle of the day. But, the amazing was that by the time the closing bell rang for the stock market it went 263 POINTS! Actually, as far as I know it stands at 8900. But, all in all here, Positive things make the world a lot better.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Mr. Unknown donor, if you are reading this now, God Bless You for putting those signs up across the country!

The Christianville Spirit: My Short-Term Memory

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July 15, 2009-TCS # 156
As you are aware of, there’s a thing that we all deal with at some point of our life, it’s called Short-Term Memory Loss. Most people these days blame 2 factors Age and just plain laziness. But, as I forgot to mention this about the PTLS Conference, funny enough; People with my special needs (or PTLS) have Short-Term Memory problems. You see, they mentioned it at the conference along with many other things and that one, again funny enough I forgot. Now, the only exception to not forgetting something someone said or did is if it’s important to the person with PTLS. Now, My fellow readers don’t get me wrong, I think educating you about myself and special needs is important it’s that there were so many things said but, it’s hard for me to remember a certain amount of things. A thing I actually found out when I was in school is that I could only take 3 instructions at a time. Now, I can tell you that my Long-Time Memory is very good. In fact, I can remember things that people said or did from years back. So, don’t be surprised if your child can remember what you said to them or someone else 7 years ago. All in all, My Long-Term Memory is awesome.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Whenever you have Short-Memory Issues, Remember that you still have a lot of Spirit in You!

The Christianville Spirit: The PLTS Union

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July 8, 2009- TCS # 155
As you all know, last week I talked about The PTLS Conference and PTLS Union. So, I bet that last week you were thinking “What is the PTLS union?” so, this week I’m going to tell what to PTLS Union is. First off, you should know that I think every person has a State and a State Capitol. Like for example Ed’s capitol would be Ed City, Ed; anyway, also a family a nation with the family members being states. But, what is a Union? A Union is group of family nations much like The European Union is a collection of most of the European countries. Now, with a Union, Country, or State; it has to have a capitol. So, the PTLS Union Capitol actually isn’t made up, it’s based in a real city and that city is Houston, TX where I and many other families’ Children where diagnosed. The actual capitol building is where all this is centered which is at Texas Children’s Hospital. Now, there’s more I’ve made up besides the capitol building, a union has to have a president or some kind of government. So, here are the important people of the PTLS Union…
Dr. Potocki and Dr. Lupski are the President of The PLTS Union
Patti Furman(a psychologist at Texas Children’s Hospital) is the Vice-President of the union
Julie Smith-Centeno(My Mom) is the Commissioner and head supporter of The PTLS Union
So, they are the major people that run The PTLS Union. All in all, The PTLS Union is one awesome place.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. As the years go on the PTLS Union gets bigger. The more, the merrier!

The Christianville Spirit: The Awesome PTLS Conference

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July 1, 2009- TCS # 154
If you have been reading this newsletter for a long time, then you know that I have special needs, I have what is known as Potocki-Lupski Syndrome (or duplication 17p11.2) anyway, this past weekend was a big milestone for Potocki-Lupski Syndrome and The PTLS Union. You see, on Friday June 26, 2009 was the inaugural PTLS Conference in Houston, TX at Texas Children’s Hospital. Anyway, this conference was awesome because a lot of families showed up to the conference, more than I had expected. In fact, the whole thing was more than I thought it would be. The conference consisted of a whole day of talks from experts about this and of course I got to meet a ton of families; but, I’ll get to that later. Anyway, even I learned new things about Potocki-Lupski Syndrome. Like for instance, there’s a gene in PTLS that protects against cholesterol which I kind of thought was cool and funny. However, (and, this surprised me) that PTLS kids have extra long intestinal tracks which cause them to have constipation. Also, they say that you should keep watch on your PTLS child’s Connective Tissue because apparently this is an issue. The doctors learn a lot from our mouse model that has PTLS. I’m anxious to find out more about the adult mouse because that would help me. Now, the family part of it; There were a lot of families there that were around the world like there’s a family from The Netherlands, two families from England, one from France, and the rest from the United States. But, the thing that I was most surprised by were how many comments I got about this newsletter and I didn’t realize how many people are reading this newsletter. That really makes me very happy. I want all the families for both reading this newsletter and for talking to me. And, if I didn’t get to you and you were there, I’m sorry I didn’t get to talk to you. But, I do want to thank you for at least coming. My Mom and I have waited many years for this conference and I’m glad you got to come and if you didn’t get to come, I can’t wait to meet you sometime soon. All in all, the conference was awesome and a historical day.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Thanks to the families and doctors who make the PLTS Union possible.

The Christianville Spirit: International Road Signs

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June 17, 2009- TC S # 153
Many of you have been reading my newsletter for a while know that I love to look at Road Signs. And, for the most part I’ve told you about American Road Signs. Well, Road Signs are totally different internationally then in America. For example, in most of the other side of the world the overhead signs blue as their background whereas in the US the background is Green. Now, here’s something that I think is amazing; In most of the world, except for what I thought was only The United States the signs were in the metric system. But, however The United Kingdom also has the same system as us. But, the difference between the signs in United Kingdom and United States is that their signs of up coming intersections say “Yards” instead of “Feet”. an example of this would be a sign of a intersection ahead. In the United States it would say “Intersection Ahead: 500 Feet” and In The United Kingdom it would say “Intersection Ahead: 300 Yards”. all in all, there are really cool and different signs in the world.

Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. There’s a large pool of Spirit just waiting for you to swim in. So, Jump In and watch your life change!

The Christianville Spirit: The DTV Switch(The REAL Deal)

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June 10, 2009- TCS # 152
Ok, Now I know I wrote about TV’s switch to Digital Television back in February. But, as many of us know Congress and President Obama moved the switch to June 12 which is THIS FRIDAY. The reason congress moved the date was because of the concern that Americans weren’t ready for it and sadly I’m sure there are still many Americans are still not ready. But, you know; as excited as I am about this new change I believe they shouldn’t make it so hard to get ready. It should just a simple switch and that’s it. Or send people to help those who do know how to do it or can’t afford it. Here’s a thought on something I heard on Dallas’ Local TV Station, WFAA-TV. They say that if you have a analog battery-operated TV then, you have to now get a battery-operated converter box and my thought is that let’s say your on a road trip and your child or your self want to watch or at least hear a show then, that you have not only take your TV but, lug around a converter box that has to stay attached to the TV to watch or listen to a show. Now, I must say though that the converter box is small. But, still. Who wants to carry a TV AND converter box? But, like it or not, the switch is on Friday so, unless you want rush out with the rest of America and get a digital TV, you unfortunately have to do that. Now, if your one of those people who have to do this to get the show you want, I feel for you. All in all, I hope this switch is pleasant for you and your family.
　
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. If you change the way you see other people your life will be like the switch to DTV!

The Christianville Spirit:(TCS Series) My Future

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June 3, 2009- TCS # 151
Ok, Everyone it’s time for the 7th and final installment of The Christianville Spirit Series, “Potocki-Lupski Syndrome: Christian’s Story” for this installment, I’m going to tell you about the future and how I want the world to be. In the future, I see myself very successful and traveling the world. I dream of traveling the world to see what’s out there and show my uniqueness and inspiration around the world. Along with that, I see myself writing about all this here in The Christianville Spirit and yes, you’ll get in vision what I’m seeing. Now, I got to say that I wish the world was a lot better than it is. Like for Example, I wish the world was at peace and people weren’t so negative and judging about things and other people. If were in charge of the world along with God, I would make sure that everyone is fed food(including those in Africa), I would make sure all government was fair to people, and finally I would feed the Stock Traders positive news just so The Stock Market would go up. You see, We would probably be in harmony if there wasn’t negative in the world. But, we need a little bit of it to challenge us and help us learn the lessons we need to learn. But, today the negative doesn’t help us anymore, it hurts us and that’s why we need to stop it. Now, if you want to know the major places I see myself visiting are following places:
　
New England
The Adirondack Mountains of New York State
Italy(Venice, Tuscany, Rome, and end of “the foot of Italy”
Switzerland and France
England(Big Ben in London)
And, finally Japan(just to see how crowded it is)
All in all, as you can see there are a lot of places that I see myself going to.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Things would be a lot better if you understood your special needs child.

The Christianville Spirit: (TCS Series) Friends

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Christianville Spirit: The Sister of My Childhood

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.