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Hello From Texas,

Hi, I am Gwen, a Christian, Deacon in my little country church, founder of

our local support group and Mom to five, Grandma to nine and looking at

remarrying this year the love of my life.

My three older children: Gwenda age 30 is married with three little girls,

she and husband just built their first home close to a local lake and

marked their first year there this week. She is secretary to one of our

District Judges and is active in local politics. Susie age 29 and married to a

great guy, has three beautiful kids, two girls and a son. He (grandson) is

my buddy, funny how much you can love a grandchild, he loves his Aunt Breezy

and is such a caring and compassionate young man, at 11 years old he won the

local Reflections program which was about his Aunt with Down syndrome. All on

his own he took her picture and wrote an essay on " I can change to the

world... " My only son is 28, my heart is always with him. He is married with

one daughter and two sons, works hard and plays hard. His wonderful wife has

returned to school to get her teaching certificate and will go into special

education. She is a blessing. One of the most noticed softball players in our

area she holds state records during High School and college for fast pitch.

She makes extra money teaching private pitching lessons and she loves it.

She and my son play co-ed ball and if he can he plays local tournaments. They

love ball. Actually all my kids play, grand kids too.

My sixteen year old daughter is the typical teenager. I now know nothing,

was never young and have no taste what-so-ever, in clothes or music or

boy-friends for her....she is a beautiful girl although we disagree on the

hour.

She sings like an angel, but has not done a lot with it since discovering that

she knows everything and we are all just, " lame. " Pray for her, she is the

poster child for sixteen year old girls. Her truck, her room and her grades

are all a mess, but I see the light at the end of the tunnel, she actually

spoke to me last night, wow, progress!

My fifteen year old is the icing on the cake of my life. Born with Trisomy

21, Down syndrome she has been the reason for me to jump out of bed in the

morning and fall into it at night. She has some medical issues, but mostly she

has been a wonderful lesson in not taking life for granted. I love her so

very much and I look forward to everything she will introduce me to. Because of

her I started Downs But Not Out and love what it has introduced me to and to

whom it has introduced me to. I love my life and feel like I would not be

whom I am without my faith and the children God has given me.

I wish you all a blessed new year. We will continue on.

God Bless,

Gwen

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