I imagine
having a life
that lives with a dream
showing me ways
to do things
all year round.
Telling people about
my disability
can be hard
at times
But if I give
my heart away
to someone,
that will take
me down the
trail of love.
Finding what I
like to do
will let others
know more
about who I am.
And opening my
Eyes
my life
will shine.
Kathleen Sheil
My Feelings
I am glad to be here
I don’t have to come
I can choose destinies
I love the life I lead
I am good at discovering things
I have to be mature
I have to be planned
I have feelings and I share them too
I talk with other people about feelings; it helps me let them out sometimes
I will listen to some music when I am very stressed
I admire rock and roll
I like country music but jazz is better
I will sometimes just simply turn on my boombox and dance to the music
I like Leann Rimes the best. She sings about how all our lives are like the rose
I also miss the soft pop music done by the Hanson brothers
I used to calm down with the song where they talk about losing their own grandmother
But I guess Alan Jackson will have to do
When I don’t listen to country I always have the Beatles Yellow Submarine
and the Gospel Music I listen to while riding to counseling
I like “Jeremiah is like a Bull Frog”, it just calms me
It’s relaxing that is my type of music
I used to move a lot it wasn’t a thing I could control
My dad had a job and we moved around a lot
I like to show my feelings but sometimes have to keep it wra
pped there
I cried a lot more about the silly things when I got older
I would cry when an outing got cancelled
The bad part though is that I show when I am mad a lot more than when I am sad
I make gorilla noises and ball my fists
Maybe I should be a boxer
My sister is that way as well
She is much more likely to show her feelings if she was mad
I also show that I am very embarrassed about something – I put my head down
When I am not either mad or embarrassed I am happy or excited
Most people are sad at funerals but I prefer to think of the good things about it
I think about how that person has enhanced my life because I know God will take in the
rest
That is my faith in God
Jenny Crowe
Moving
I see four cars
right there on the street.
Two moving trucks outside
this really nice house.
The house has eleven rooms,
a guest house as well.
Four men take heavy things
into the house.
Then back out
to get more.
The family
is helping them too.
The kids are nervous:
to get friends
and
going to a new school.
Lauren Froh
Bob Effler
The most valuable things I own are Family Photo Albums and immediate family pictures. Family is most important to me. I like being connected to family. I want to see pictures of mom and dad’s wedding, pictures of my grandparents and my aunt’s, my dad in army fatigues. I would stay connected with family forever. This is most important for me to keep them in my memory until the day I would share those memories with Kelly.
My favorite family tradition is getting together at our family camp in Morrow, Ohio with relatives I haven’ t seen in a long time. I like doing that because I’m all about family. The camp has been there since 1939 that started with my grandparents. They had another camp before this one but the flood of 1937 came. This is by the Little Miami River. My dad owned it for a while then, now my aunt has it. She remodeled it nicer than the way it used to be. All of us call it camp, but to my aunt calls it the cottage.
The people who helped me in my life are my mom, my co-workers, my Aunt Martha and my dad. My mom fought through my right for education. My co-workers
helped me to discover a talent I didn’t think of at all. My Aunt Martha helps me as a
friend in later life. My dad helps me to love what I do and to give back to the community.
One of the best things in my life is that I met a great guy named Tom. He takes me places that I want to go to. He also helps me learn how to make it on my own with living skills that I need to know. He is like a brother and friend to me. Tom and I have a great time together. He also is a really good air hockey player. He beats me every time.
My favorite hobby is listening to country music from the 1990s. I also collect
CDs, about 300 of them. I got started in country music because of my best friend from high school, Tracey. She loves country music. She’ s a big fan of it. I guess she made a plug for country music to me. So just to get her to shut up, I tried it. I love it now myself. I would recommend it to people. But I won’ t use the same technique Tracey used on me.
My song I listen to is ” Hurt Me” by Leann Rimes. It helps me to dig deep inside me about losing a friend who dropped a bomb on me when she told me she got a promotion from her previous job. I could’ve been happy. I was happy on the outside but inside of me it was like the song says, she ” hurt me.”
I imagine being a country singer, an entertainer and songwriter. My record label
will be Arista Nashville Records. While I’ m a singer I will be dating either Kellie Pickler or an actress who loves what I do for a living. I will be touring different states and maybe touring Canada. I will perform for lots of people. My biggest fans who will fall hard for me will be Pam and Kelly.
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