TODAY WILL BE THE NINETH ANNIVSARY OF MY MOM VICKY'S BRAIN SURGUREY!

Hi Everyone! Today is the nineth anniversary of my Mom Vicky's brain surgurey! Her surgurey was at 2:00 pm.! I remember it liike it was yesterday! My Mom road in the backseat with me on the way too the hospital! The surgrey took ALL day! After the day was over my Dad and I went too my Mom's room too see her! Then I went home with my Aunt Marcia and Uncle John for two weeks! Then she passed away June 19th three months later! My Mom was one of the most generious people who would give the shirt off her back! She was valavictorian of her class and on the honerrole! After two weeks was over my Dad came and brought me back home so I could spend as much quality time with my Mom while she could still think and talk before the tumor took over! I wish everyone had a WONDERFUL Mom like mine! She was my entire life! She helped become a young independent adult and part of the reason that I'm living independeently in my own apartment is because of her! She was a REMARKABLE woman who lives on in me!

FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY I MOVED INTO MY APARTMENT TO START MY NEW INDEPENDENT LIFE!

Hi Everyone! I just would like everyone to know that four years ago today, I moved into my new aparment! I enjoy living on my own! I've made many friends and I decide what I choose too do with my life! Even though I need help I still have a independent life! I hope I can continue too live an independent life for years to come! I know my Mom and my Uncle would also be very proud of my progress of independence! I was lucky too have my Grandma come visit before she passed away! She got too see me living independently and met all my new friends!!

TODAY WOULD HAVE MY MOM AND DAD 36TH ANNIVERISARY AND MY COUSIN LAURA AND I WENT OUT TOO LUNCH AND SHOPPING!

Hi Everyone! Today would have been my parenets 36th anniversay! Thay had a fairytale marriage come true that most couples dream about having! They were eachother's soulmate and best friend! They always did things mutuallly and never had one TRUE argument! Then three years later I came on the scene and their lives had too change drasticly because they had a daughter with C.P. and other problems but they also decided that they would make my life as easy, comfortaable and loving as they could! Now I'm an adult living on my own in my own apartment and have my own life! Also today my cousin Laura and I went out too lunch and shopping, we had a BLAST! We are going too try to do that once a month! It's so nice too have people love and care about you and DON'T look at your disablity, they look at you like you're a normal person! That's a WONDERFUL feeling! If there is anything you want too do in your life DO IT because you ONLY have ONE life to live!

TODAY MY APARTMENT COMPLEX HAD A MARDIGRA DINNER!

Hi Everyone! Today my apartment complex had a Mardigra dinner in the community room! Everyone brought a dish too pass there was rice, coleslaw, vegetables dounuts and cupcakes! It was very good! I hope everyone celebrated today! When you have Cerebal Palsy, any disablity or a disease sometimes you have make your own enterainment and do things you enjoy! It's no ones responsinbilty too make you happy! That up too you! People will help you if you ask them nicely but they DON'T have too help you do anything! I'm lucky I have friends and family that are willimg to be part my life because a lot of disabled people don't have that privliage! I'm thinking about volounteering so least I can get out and meet more people! Someday I would like too get married but I'm NEVER going too meet anyone sitting my apartment, so the choice is up too me and no one else! So if any of you have a dream do your best to full fill it because even though your disabled dossn't mean you can't have your own life and do things you enjoy!

TODAY WAS KELLYS BABY SHOWER AT MY AUNT MARCIA'S HOUSE!

Hi Everyone! Today was my cousin Matt's wife "Kelly's"baby shower at my Aunt Marcia's house! Everyone got the about 1:00pm. it lasted until 4:00pm! We had fruit, crosant sandwiches, and angle food cake for dessert, then Kelly opened up her gifts, which were very nice, then everyone said their goodbye's and went home! It was a very nice day! I know Matt and Kelly will make WONDERFUL parents! NEVER be afraid to do things you really want too do, life has it'a challanges but if you're strongwilled you can do anything! Work for the best and try your hardest to achieve what you want in life, who knows it may happen for you as well, just keep a positive additude on life! Now that I'm older things are more and more difficult for me to do but I do what I can for myself! I hope all you take my advice to heart! It's NOT easy living wirh C.P., it's one most exsauhting challenages you'll ever indure, but always keep a positive additude and everything will come out right in the end!

I JUST RETURNED HOME FROM A WONDERFUL VISIT TO COLORADO TOO VIST MY FAMILY!

Hi Everyone! I just returned hone from a WONDERFUL visit too Colorado to visit family! My Uncle Nino and I went too see Ben Haeper play at the rock fest that weekend! He was awsome! I stayed with my Aunt Cindee and Uncle Will, we had a cocktail party and that was a lot of fun! I also spend time with my cousin Kate and her husband Gerritt and their percious kids Blake and Melinda! We all went too the park and had a picnic! My Aunt Cindee and I went too see The Sound of Music at a dinner theater which will be something I'll never forget! NEVER be afraid too expand your horizons, just because you have C.P. ot any disabilty dosen't mean that you are different! YOU have too make the descions on WHAT you want your life too be! NO one can make them for you! That's why I always stress to everyone "Be as independent as possiable"! In the long run it will make a HUGE differance in your lives, but YOU are the only one that can decide want you want your life to be! I choose too be as independent as I can! I know that my family and friends will ALWAYS help me if I need it, but I'm the one that has to make decisons on what I want my life too be and no one can make that dexsion for me! I hope all of you listen and understand what I'm trying too teach you! My family and friends hekp and also choose too be part of my lide! You can't make someone love you and be apart of your life it has too be their choice, I'm just fortinate enough that my family and friends vhoose too accept me and want to be part of my life! Try everyday too be as INDEPENDFENT as possiable it will make your lives more fullfilling knowing that you can take care of youraeleves and hopefully live independently on your own someday like I have achievd! YOU are the only one that can make that happen, your family and friends are NOT responsible for your happiness and wsellbeing! They will always be there too help you and be there for love and sopport but you are the ONLY one that YOU can make the differance plus choose which path you want your life to lead!

TODAY WOULD THE BEEN MY MOM VICKY'S 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER BRAIN SURGREY!

Hi Everyone! Today would have the eight anniverssay! She was a fighter until the end! She also was a very SPECIAL person! She always told me that she learned a a lot of strength from helping me with my surguries and threapy! When the cancer took over and my Mom could no longer walk or talk, she asked me what to do? I told her, you need too work the hardest you ever worked in your entire life,it won't be easy but you can do it! It was very difficult for her not too be able too stand and walk by herself! Her brain surgurey was at 2:00 p.m. eight years ago today! She did survie her surgurey! I went home with my Aunt and Uncle, they told my Dad that they would keep me as long as he needed them too! I stayed with them about two weeks, then the hosipital released my Mom too come home! But she still had to go too rehab! Visitng Nurses came too my Dad's home too take care of my Mom! I spent as MUCH time as I could with my Mom! My family and I lost a very SPECIAL person, that we NEVER can replaced! My Mom touched everyone differently and special in her own way! In spirit she will ALWAYS be with us!