Re: Max Z update-Jodi R

[Guest guest]

And that is why I post things about Max. I want to give everyone

hope.

Jodi Z

> > Just thought I'd let you all know how " the JOB " is going.... As

> > most of you know, Max is working at our local Drug Fair. (It's

in

> > Chatham Twp., NJ.) He thought he was being hired to stock

shelves,

> > but they have put him on the register instead. Oh, my husband

and

> I

> > were worried about that. We seriously doubted if he could

handle

> > the stress - it's back to school shopping time and that is THE

> place

> > around here to go. But guess what? We were WRONG!!! Max is

doing

> > wonderfully well! In fact, I was in there shopping for some

things

> > for my classroom and he was on the register by the time I was

ready

> > to pay. There was one man in front of me in line and he handled

> > that man as if he'd been doing this all his life. When it came

to

> > be my turn, he treated me like a customer and was very

> > professional. I was so proud!

> >

> > For those of you who have lived through our trials and

tribuations

> > with Max - the illnesses, the hospitalizations, all the

surgeries,

> > the picc line, the learning disabilities, Tourette Syndrome,

> > anxiety, and on and on - please don't ever give up hope for your

> > child. and I had many doubts that Max would ever be

able

> to

> > hold a job, live on his own, be an independent person. AND HE

IS

> > DOING IT NOW!!!!

> >

> > There is hope at the other end of that rainbow. Just hang in

> > there 'til you arrive.

> >

> > Jodi Z