Since being in Texas

Since returning to Texas from and awesome life in the USN, I have really studied several books of the bible. When I first returned it was the book of James. WOW! Everywhere I went, everywhere I turned James was in my face. James taught me so much. I still need to work on some of the things he taught me. Unfortunately I am human and I am always working on myself to be more like Jesus and do as he teaches. I have read the book of Acts and studied it. Now I am reading the book of Proverbs and studying it. My goal is to more like Jesus and be obedient to what the bible teaches. I pray that when people see me or talk to me they know without a doubt who my master is.

Sometimes I fall down but I get up, dust off my pants and pull up my boots. That is all I can do, otherwise I don’t move forward.

Over the last 6 months I have read a book called “Deadly Emotions” by Con Colbert. It has helped me get in touch with many things in my body and mind. It has been an awesome journey and I hope and pray it will continue. It has also helped me work on balance in my life. Which is not doing well with but I am working on it and that is all I can ask of myself.

Please keep me in your prayers.

Thank you, Lori

2011...A new year....Thank you God!

Sorry I have not written in such a very long time. I have to confess that I have been in somewhat of a funk and just could not bring myself to do some things. This is a new year and it is going to be a great year. I will start doing more things and getting more things done. I am going to use this to share lots of different things with you, anything from cooking, to my emotions, to new things I try and so on.
I am thinking I want to start a new path in my life. I am going to take some online classes for photography. This is something I can do with my children as well. I am very excited. I would also like to tell Shari thank you for the info.
Here are a few photos I took of people and other stuff with my new camera.

Day 31 HALLOWEEN

WOW! this month went by so fast. Before we know it will be Thanksgiving and then Christmas. INSANE! The month of Down Syndrome Awareness is over today. What do I want to share with you?

Being a parent of a baby with Down Syndrome seemed so overwhelming to me and my husband. First is was what are we doing? Do we know what to do? Can we do this? It is hard enough knowing you might screw up a "typical" human. But to screw up a child that doesn't know you have screwed them up....

Being a parent of a child with Down Syndrome seemed so overwhelming again. This time its: Am I doing what is right for her or society? Am I making sure she has everything she needs to be successful in life?

Being a parent of a young adult with Dawn Syndrome is also overwhelming. I have just started this part of my life. I biggest question is: Should I make sure she has friends outside of family? Should I get her a social life? On and On...

I have some many more concerns than I ever had with my oldest child and so far with my youngest child...

If you are a parent of a special needs child please don't overwhelm yourself because it will all be good for your family and that is all that counts...

Day 26

Bailey is so smart....She comes up with so many things I would have never thought of.

Here is one example. The story is about her hat.......She had cut up her pj pants, which made me not so happy, it was raining outside and she HATES rain. She saw the cut up leg piece. She said "aw ha." (this is when the light bulb came up in her head) Then she proceeded to make a hat out of it. She is so creative and so AWESOME!

Lots of missed Days now Day 25

It is awesome to be 20ish and still be able to be playful and happy. She makes just about everything fun. She is awesome to hang out most days. LOL She has a love for life like no other... She loves the small things and the big things....She enjoys life to its fullest....

Day 21

I have decided to share a picture of each of my children. They are special to me and I wanted to show you what I see in them.

Day 20

Bailey has taught me so much. I think the biggest thing I have learned is patience. You can not be in a hurry with Bailey. If you try to rush her she gets very angry and hard to get along with. When Bailey has something she "needs" to do, it is so much easier to just wait and let her do it. Things will go alot smoother and so much nicer....As you can see in the picture above....Some people say I am to nice and she is walking all over me. However, when I have to mean I am and then I pay for it the rest of the day.....