Safe Haven

Jerry and I, plus several staff members and 16 Ranchers with Down syndrome just returned from Indianapolis where we attended the annual convention of the National Down Syndrome Congress. Jerry and I went in a few days early in order to visit a sister village community in Ohio, about an hour away.  It’s called Safe…

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Catching up at the Ranch

Whoa…life has been wild since we got back from our trip a few weeks ago. Rebekah and the Dude First of all, the Dude.  He finally seems to be feeling pretty good.  He’s filled out and is eating well.  Rebekah and I fuss over him and the bottle duties.  Marci arranged for members of her…

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Taming the wild mustang…grapes, that is

Wolf Meadow John Stewart, of Kingston Trio fame, wrote a song entitled “July, You’re a Woman” that evokes the essence of the month of July, when the trees and shrubs are leafed out and full, the heat has settled in for the duration, and the cicadas and locusts sing night and day.  This summer we…

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Planes, Trains, Buses, Shuttles, Monorails But No Automobiles

We did it.  Thanks to grants from the Lower Colorado River Authority, parents, and a First Baptist Church of Woodworth, Woodworth, LA, we were able to travel to Walt Disney World for the National Down Syndrome Congress annual meeting and convention, taking 11 residents with Down syndrome to attend the simultaneous Youth and Adults with DS…

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