Merry Christmas, My Friend
by Corporal James M. Schmidt, former U.S. Marine
First published in "Leatherneck Magazine"
'Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone,
In a one-bedroom house made of plaster and stone.
I had come down the chimney, with presents to give
and to see just who in this home did live.
As I looked all about, a strange sight I did see,
no tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.
No stocking by the fire, just boots filled with sand.
On the wall hung pictures of a far distant land.
With medals and badges, awards of all kind,
a sobering thought soon came to my mind.
For this house was different, unlike any I'd seen.
This was the home of a U.S. Marine.
I'd heard stories about them, I had to see more,
so I walked down the hall and pushed open the door.
And there he lay sleeping, silent, alone,
Curled up on the floor in his one-bedroom home. ,
He seemed so gentle, his face so serene,
Not how I pictured a U.S. Marine.
Was this the hero, of whom I’d just read?
Curled up in his poncho, a floor for his bed?
His head was clean-shaven, his weathered face tan.
I soon understood, this was more than a man.
For I realized the families that I saw that night,
owed their lives to these men, who were willing to fight.
Soon around the Nation, the children would play,
And grown-ups would celebrate on a bright Christmas day.
They all enjoyed freedom, each month and all year,
because of Marines like this one lying here.
I couldn’t help wonder how many lay alone,
on a cold Christmas Eve, in a land far from home.
Just the very thought brought a tear to my eye.
I dropped to my knees and I started to cry.
He must have awoken, for I heard a rough voice,
"Santa, don't cry, this life is my choice
I fight for freedom, I don't ask for more.
My life is my God, my country, my Corps."
With that he rolled over, drifted off into sleep,
I couldn't control it, I continued to weep.
I watched him for hours, so silent and still.
I noticed he shivered from the cold night's chill.
So I took off my jacket, the one made of red,
and covered this Marine from his toes to his head.
Then I put on his T-shirt of scarlet and gold,
with an eagle, globe and anchor emblazoned so bold.
And although it barely fit me, I began to swell with pride,
and for one shining moment, I was Marine Corps deep inside.
I didn't want to leave him so quiet in the night,
this guardian of honor so willing to fight.
But half asleep he rolled over, and in a voice clean and pure,
said "Carry on, Santa, it's Christmas Day, all secure."
One look at my watch and I knew he was right,
Merry Christmas my friend, Semper Fi and goodnight.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
This is a must see Powerful Message video From a LDS Leader
If you see someone having a hard time, Do something for them!!!
before playing this video mute the music player on this blog!!
Yes this message is THAT IMPORTANT.. you will not regret having to listen to this message!!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
A poem I found I wish to post
let me explain a bit first!!
Lately I have been heavily involved and getting interested in different disability Sports!!! well within that circle of friends is apparently a creative person involved in what is known as handcycling and he passed away today.. A great loss for those within handcycling sport So I went searching today for disability related poems and here is one I would like to share in honor of today's loss
Barbara Crooker
SIMILE
My autistic son showed me his paper
from remedial English; he was supposed
to fill in the blanks: Cool as a _________.
Smooth as a ________. Neat as a _____.
He came up with: angry as a teakettle,
and when I asked, "Why? "said, "Because
it was boiling mad." Of course,
it was marked wrong, one more red mark
in his life's long test.
When I called from Virginia to ask him
what he did last weekend,
he said, "We bought Italian salad dressing."
Last fall, we went to a Broadway play;
what he liked the most
were traffic lights and Don't Walk signs.
Oh, my little pork chop, my sweet potato, my tender tot.
You have made me pay attention to the world's smallest
minutia. My pea-shaped heart, red as a stop sign,
swells, fills with the helium of tenderness, thinks it might burst.
*Previously published in Borderlands: The Texas Poetry Review and in Line Dance (2008)
Barbara Crooker is the author of three books of poetry, Radiance, which won the Word Press First Book Award and was a finalist for The Paterson Poetry Prize, Line Dance, which won the Paterson Award for Literary Excellence, and More (C&R Press, 2010) She is the recipient of three Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships in Literature, the 2003 Thomas Merton Poetry of the Sacred Award, the 2004 WB Yeats Society Prize, and the 2006 Rosebud Ekphrastic Poetry Award.
Lately I have been heavily involved and getting interested in different disability Sports!!! well within that circle of friends is apparently a creative person involved in what is known as handcycling and he passed away today.. A great loss for those within handcycling sport So I went searching today for disability related poems and here is one I would like to share in honor of today's loss
Barbara Crooker
SIMILE
My autistic son showed me his paper
from remedial English; he was supposed
to fill in the blanks: Cool as a _________.
Smooth as a ________. Neat as a _____.
He came up with: angry as a teakettle,
and when I asked, "Why? "said, "Because
it was boiling mad." Of course,
it was marked wrong, one more red mark
in his life's long test.
When I called from Virginia to ask him
what he did last weekend,
he said, "We bought Italian salad dressing."
Last fall, we went to a Broadway play;
what he liked the most
were traffic lights and Don't Walk signs.
Oh, my little pork chop, my sweet potato, my tender tot.
You have made me pay attention to the world's smallest
minutia. My pea-shaped heart, red as a stop sign,
swells, fills with the helium of tenderness, thinks it might burst.
*Previously published in Borderlands: The Texas Poetry Review and in Line Dance (2008)
Barbara Crooker is the author of three books of poetry, Radiance, which won the Word Press First Book Award and was a finalist for The Paterson Poetry Prize, Line Dance, which won the Paterson Award for Literary Excellence, and More (C&R Press, 2010) She is the recipient of three Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships in Literature, the 2003 Thomas Merton Poetry of the Sacred Award, the 2004 WB Yeats Society Prize, and the 2006 Rosebud Ekphrastic Poetry Award.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
The WheelinJazz Come to Town
I had the chance to meet and mingle with members of the WheelinJazz Team this weekend!!
the WheelinJazz are NBA Level Wheelchair Basketball Team that has ties to the Utah Jazz!! See because I am on the Disability Committee through city council I took part in helping the Southern Utah University here put on Disability Week! They had a number of Activities which included a table with different Challenges!! Stacking Cups.. reading through a Eye Mask that only had a pin sized hole on one side... Tracing the image of a star while looking at a mirror and staying inside a pair of lines shaped like the star then writing your name at the bottom of the star.. with ear plugs listen to instructions then carry out those instructions.. Taking a Wheelchair into a bathroom and bringing back a paper towel with no help!!
Screening of a Documentary Film titled Including Samuel (which I really enjoyed)) a class on campus had students put together a group verbal report about the history of the ADA rules and present to the class and the public was invited to come to these classes and listen.. so you can imagine the room was rather full on those days!!
there were panel discussions
1. about the hard of hearing and death
2. about the different community resources for the disabled
A. Vocational Rehab
B Southwest mental health services
C. Turn Community Services (where I live))
D. the university has their own student counciling services!!
and almost every day there was the Wheelchair basketball tournament and the only thing we told the students is at the final game there was a surprise for the winner!!!
and the surprise was the WheelinJazz came down from Salt Lake City to play the champion.. the wheelinjazz gave the other team a 10 point advantage even before the game started and they also decided to play the runner up too!!
THEN I was invited to Eat Dinner with them later that night!!
There is a website if you are able to donate anything
Thank you for donating to The Hull Foundation, Neuroworx, and the Junior Wheelin' Jazz. Our athletes are truly grateful for your generous gift. Without the thoughtful donations of individuals like yourself, our programs would cease to exist. Our annual budgetary needs consist of equipment (e.g. a sports wheelchair costs over $2,000), training facilities, and travel expenses. Rest assured that every dollar donated goes directly to our program.
the WheelinJazz are NBA Level Wheelchair Basketball Team that has ties to the Utah Jazz!! See because I am on the Disability Committee through city council I took part in helping the Southern Utah University here put on Disability Week! They had a number of Activities which included a table with different Challenges!! Stacking Cups.. reading through a Eye Mask that only had a pin sized hole on one side... Tracing the image of a star while looking at a mirror and staying inside a pair of lines shaped like the star then writing your name at the bottom of the star.. with ear plugs listen to instructions then carry out those instructions.. Taking a Wheelchair into a bathroom and bringing back a paper towel with no help!!
Screening of a Documentary Film titled Including Samuel (which I really enjoyed)) a class on campus had students put together a group verbal report about the history of the ADA rules and present to the class and the public was invited to come to these classes and listen.. so you can imagine the room was rather full on those days!!
there were panel discussions
1. about the hard of hearing and death
2. about the different community resources for the disabled
A. Vocational Rehab
B Southwest mental health services
C. Turn Community Services (where I live))
D. the university has their own student counciling services!!
and almost every day there was the Wheelchair basketball tournament and the only thing we told the students is at the final game there was a surprise for the winner!!!
and the surprise was the WheelinJazz came down from Salt Lake City to play the champion.. the wheelinjazz gave the other team a 10 point advantage even before the game started and they also decided to play the runner up too!!
THEN I was invited to Eat Dinner with them later that night!!
There is a website if you are able to donate anything
Thank you for donating to The Hull Foundation, Neuroworx, and the Junior Wheelin' Jazz. Our athletes are truly grateful for your generous gift. Without the thoughtful donations of individuals like yourself, our programs would cease to exist. Our annual budgetary needs consist of equipment (e.g. a sports wheelchair costs over $2,000), training facilities, and travel expenses. Rest assured that every dollar donated goes directly to our program.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Lou Tice Looking at a Alarming Trend and his thoughts on this!!
"Some End-of-the-Week Thoughts"
There seems to have been a spate of suicides in the last few weeks, most especially in that most vulnerable of age groups, teenagers and young adults. A very talented young woman committed a very public suicide, just last week at the University of Washington. Those closest to her are still having a hard time understanding why.
The United States military is experiencing an explosion of suicides amongst personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, far beyond what has been considered "normal" in such wartime situations. In the last few weeks, several teenagers have ended their promising young lives, as a result of "cyber-bullying" - that instant proliferation of vicious "text assault" by their peers.
Do I have solutions? Well, just like you, I have ideas. I am convinced that a short-term "band-aid" approach can only offer short-term help. What is needed is an early intervention approach. It starts with teaching our children, at the earliest of ages, to value and respect each other. Parents, grandparents, older siblings - it is our responsibility to help guide those younger citizens in what is acceptable behavior. More than that, it is our accountability to teach them how to "play nice in the sandbox" with each other.
And, I believe, we are accountable to get outside of ourselves and pay attention to those around us. If we take the time to stop, watch and listen, I believe we will raise our own awareness of those who are silently screaming for help, and be able to offer an uplifting word, or some kind, gentle attention.
The downward spiral is an early-warning system, and early recognition can provide the opportunity to stop the slide, and work to bring yourself back to the "surface," perhaps avoiding a full-blown depression. This early detection also gives you the opportunity to get help from someone with professional experience.
Life is precious, and as far as I can tell, we only get one shot at it here on earth. We all have contributions to make. The talents you possess have a purpose for being here on earth.
And so do you.
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
There seems to have been a spate of suicides in the last few weeks, most especially in that most vulnerable of age groups, teenagers and young adults. A very talented young woman committed a very public suicide, just last week at the University of Washington. Those closest to her are still having a hard time understanding why.
The United States military is experiencing an explosion of suicides amongst personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, far beyond what has been considered "normal" in such wartime situations. In the last few weeks, several teenagers have ended their promising young lives, as a result of "cyber-bullying" - that instant proliferation of vicious "text assault" by their peers.
Do I have solutions? Well, just like you, I have ideas. I am convinced that a short-term "band-aid" approach can only offer short-term help. What is needed is an early intervention approach. It starts with teaching our children, at the earliest of ages, to value and respect each other. Parents, grandparents, older siblings - it is our responsibility to help guide those younger citizens in what is acceptable behavior. More than that, it is our accountability to teach them how to "play nice in the sandbox" with each other.
And, I believe, we are accountable to get outside of ourselves and pay attention to those around us. If we take the time to stop, watch and listen, I believe we will raise our own awareness of those who are silently screaming for help, and be able to offer an uplifting word, or some kind, gentle attention.
The downward spiral is an early-warning system, and early recognition can provide the opportunity to stop the slide, and work to bring yourself back to the "surface," perhaps avoiding a full-blown depression. This early detection also gives you the opportunity to get help from someone with professional experience.
Life is precious, and as far as I can tell, we only get one shot at it here on earth. We all have contributions to make. The talents you possess have a purpose for being here on earth.
And so do you.
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
30 Things You Can Do to Be Hospitable to People with Disabilities
30 Things You Can Do to Be Hospitable to People with Disabilities
by Lindsay Wieland Capel
1. When talking with someone who has a disability, look at that person—not at the interpreter or companion.
2. When hosting someone for a meal, ask if they have any food allergies or diet restrictions.
3. Use person-first language such as “a person who has schizophrenia” or “Mary uses a wheelchair.”
4. Avoid using such words/phrases as retarded, wheelchair-bound, suffers from, handicapped, able-bodied, victim, defect.
5. Don’t lean on someone’s wheelchair.
6. When talking to someone in a wheelchair, take a seat to position yourself at the person’s eye level.
7. Don’t interact with a guide dog.
8. When interacting with someone who has a visual disability, say who you are when you approach and announce when you leave.
9. Be flexible when people in the congregation or their medical devices make additional noise.
10. Label foods at potlucks, especially when they contain nuts or gluten.
11. Seek permission and instructions before assisting someone.
12. If anyone in your congregation has a disability or a child with a disability that requires costly accommodations, consider how your church might offer to assist in paying for such costs.
13. Offer respite care to a spouse or parent of someone who has a disability or long-term illness.
14. When talking with someone who has an intellectual disability, speak in your normal tone.
15. When listening to someone who has difficulty speaking, be patient and ask him to repeat what you did not understand instead of pretending that you understood.
16. Avoid calling people with disabilities kids or addressing them with words like honey; address them as you would anyone else.
17. Invite an adult or child with disabilities to your home or on an outing and find out in advance about the person’s preferences and needs.
18. As a way to provide relief to parents, offer to sit one time each month during worship with their child who has a disability.
19. Explore websites that offer education about disability issues, such as www.crcna.org/disability, www.rca.org/disabilities, and www.clcnetwork.org/church_services.
20. Buy and read a book such as Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality by Thomas Reynolds or Helping Kids Include Kids with Disabilities by Barbara J. Newman. Then donate it to your church library.
21. Sit near people with disabilities during worship.
22. Offer transportation (to church, medical appointments, etc.) to someone who has a disability.
23. Just say hi.
24. Volunteer with or consider starting a Friendship ministry at your church (www.friendship.org).
25. Teach your children how to interact with people in their lives who have a disability.
26. When assisting a person with visual impairments, allow her to hold on to you, rather than you holding on to her.
27. Do not gossip about someone who is socially awkward or different.
28. Encourage your kids to befriend kids who have disabilities.
29. Send a note of encouragement to someone with a disability or to his or her caregiver.
30. Offer to pick up supplies or prescriptions for someone with a disability or his family.
These ideas were gathered from the Christian Reformed Church Handbook for Disability Advocates and from interviews with individuals. The CRC and the Reformed Church in America collaborated to produce this resource. Additional copies can be printed to hang in your church at www.crcna.org/disability.
Author
Lindsay Wieland Capel
Lindsay Wieland Capel is a mental health social worker in Chicago. She is a member of LaSalle Street Church, Chicago, and an associate member of LaGrave Avenue CRC, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Copyright © 2005-2010, Faith Alive Christian Resources. All rights reserved.
by Lindsay Wieland Capel
1. When talking with someone who has a disability, look at that person—not at the interpreter or companion.
2. When hosting someone for a meal, ask if they have any food allergies or diet restrictions.
3. Use person-first language such as “a person who has schizophrenia” or “Mary uses a wheelchair.”
4. Avoid using such words/phrases as retarded, wheelchair-bound, suffers from, handicapped, able-bodied, victim, defect.
5. Don’t lean on someone’s wheelchair.
6. When talking to someone in a wheelchair, take a seat to position yourself at the person’s eye level.
7. Don’t interact with a guide dog.
8. When interacting with someone who has a visual disability, say who you are when you approach and announce when you leave.
9. Be flexible when people in the congregation or their medical devices make additional noise.
10. Label foods at potlucks, especially when they contain nuts or gluten.
11. Seek permission and instructions before assisting someone.
12. If anyone in your congregation has a disability or a child with a disability that requires costly accommodations, consider how your church might offer to assist in paying for such costs.
13. Offer respite care to a spouse or parent of someone who has a disability or long-term illness.
14. When talking with someone who has an intellectual disability, speak in your normal tone.
15. When listening to someone who has difficulty speaking, be patient and ask him to repeat what you did not understand instead of pretending that you understood.
16. Avoid calling people with disabilities kids or addressing them with words like honey; address them as you would anyone else.
17. Invite an adult or child with disabilities to your home or on an outing and find out in advance about the person’s preferences and needs.
18. As a way to provide relief to parents, offer to sit one time each month during worship with their child who has a disability.
19. Explore websites that offer education about disability issues, such as www.crcna.org/disability, www.rca.org/disabilities, and www.clcnetwork.org/church_services.
20. Buy and read a book such as Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality by Thomas Reynolds or Helping Kids Include Kids with Disabilities by Barbara J. Newman. Then donate it to your church library.
21. Sit near people with disabilities during worship.
22. Offer transportation (to church, medical appointments, etc.) to someone who has a disability.
23. Just say hi.
24. Volunteer with or consider starting a Friendship ministry at your church (www.friendship.org).
25. Teach your children how to interact with people in their lives who have a disability.
26. When assisting a person with visual impairments, allow her to hold on to you, rather than you holding on to her.
27. Do not gossip about someone who is socially awkward or different.
28. Encourage your kids to befriend kids who have disabilities.
29. Send a note of encouragement to someone with a disability or to his or her caregiver.
30. Offer to pick up supplies or prescriptions for someone with a disability or his family.
These ideas were gathered from the Christian Reformed Church Handbook for Disability Advocates and from interviews with individuals. The CRC and the Reformed Church in America collaborated to produce this resource. Additional copies can be printed to hang in your church at www.crcna.org/disability.
Author
Lindsay Wieland Capel
Lindsay Wieland Capel is a mental health social worker in Chicago. She is a member of LaSalle Street Church, Chicago, and an associate member of LaGrave Avenue CRC, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Copyright © 2005-2010, Faith Alive Christian Resources. All rights reserved.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
A new approach to homeschooling
The New Commonwealth School
The curriculum that has been developed by Milne and Earl are designed to teach and inspire youth to:
* Study for extended periods of time out of personal choice
* Start doing the “hard things”
* Learn time management
* Discover more about who they are
* Understand their duty as a citizen
* Write independently and with insight
* Think deeper, study things that may not interest them at first
The curriculum that has been developed by Milne and Earl are designed to teach and inspire youth to:
* Study for extended periods of time out of personal choice
* Start doing the “hard things”
* Learn time management
* Discover more about who they are
* Understand their duty as a citizen
* Write independently and with insight
* Think deeper, study things that may not interest them at first
Saturday, September 11, 2010
new for me
I came across a nice person today that is into doTERRA Essential Oils.. I tried a few and I Truly felt benefits..
Monday, June 14, 2010
Acknowledging Our Feelings
What happens when you feel an emotion but refuse to admit it? Maybe more than you think.
From the time we were children, most of us have been taught that it's OK to express certain feelings but not others. We learned to hide emotions that made other people uncomfortable or that somehow put us in a less than favorable light. It was OK to feel grateful but not angry, OK to feel confident but not scared, OK to defer to our parents but not to question them, etc.
Sometimes we even learned to hide these unacceptable feelings from ourselves. We feel frightened of social contact, but deny it and pretend boredom. We feel hurt and rejected, but deny it and call it anger. We feel resentful of abusive behavior but deny it, and call it a successful relationship because we believe we need it to survive.
But unacknowledged feelings almost always cause trouble. We may be able to stuff them down inside temporarily, but they invariably find another escape route. Unacknowledged feelings will often manifest themselves in physical ways - in backaches, headaches, ulcers, or other more serious illnesses.
What were you taught about feelings as a child? Now that you're older, perhaps you'd like to learn what others have to say. Try reading John Bradshaw on shame, or Martin Seligman on depression and optimism, or Harriet Lerner on anger, for starters. There is an abundance of treatises on the effects of suppressed anger. Then, make up your own mind.
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
From the time we were children, most of us have been taught that it's OK to express certain feelings but not others. We learned to hide emotions that made other people uncomfortable or that somehow put us in a less than favorable light. It was OK to feel grateful but not angry, OK to feel confident but not scared, OK to defer to our parents but not to question them, etc.
Sometimes we even learned to hide these unacceptable feelings from ourselves. We feel frightened of social contact, but deny it and pretend boredom. We feel hurt and rejected, but deny it and call it anger. We feel resentful of abusive behavior but deny it, and call it a successful relationship because we believe we need it to survive.
But unacknowledged feelings almost always cause trouble. We may be able to stuff them down inside temporarily, but they invariably find another escape route. Unacknowledged feelings will often manifest themselves in physical ways - in backaches, headaches, ulcers, or other more serious illnesses.
What were you taught about feelings as a child? Now that you're older, perhaps you'd like to learn what others have to say. Try reading John Bradshaw on shame, or Martin Seligman on depression and optimism, or Harriet Lerner on anger, for starters. There is an abundance of treatises on the effects of suppressed anger. Then, make up your own mind.
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
Learning Styles
When you are learning something new, what helps you learn more easily and what interferes with the process? Today, let's talk about learning styles.
There are different styles of almost everything you can do or buy, from playing a guitar to picking out a new car. But, did you know that there are also different styles of learning? Some folks are visual learners; they literally need to see relationships with their eyes before they can understand. Other people learn best when they can hear new ideas.
Some people like to think a problem through before they try to solve it, while others feel more comfortable with a trial and error approach. Some people, like me, like to see an overview of how what they're doing fits into the big picture before it makes sense. Others feel just fine working on one isolated area of a larger project, as long as they understand how their particular part works.
You see, there is no one best way to learn or to teach. The best teachers adjust their styles to suit individual learners, and the best learners learn to make their needs known, or they set up circumstances that facilitate their own unique style. Remember, your child may not have the same learning style that you do, and two kids in the same family may learn equally well but by very different methods.
For best results, honor these differences. Find out all you can about your children's learning styles, and refrain from trying to force square-peg-learners into round-hole-experiences. You'll both be happier. And you might just learn something new about yourself.
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
There are different styles of almost everything you can do or buy, from playing a guitar to picking out a new car. But, did you know that there are also different styles of learning? Some folks are visual learners; they literally need to see relationships with their eyes before they can understand. Other people learn best when they can hear new ideas.
Some people like to think a problem through before they try to solve it, while others feel more comfortable with a trial and error approach. Some people, like me, like to see an overview of how what they're doing fits into the big picture before it makes sense. Others feel just fine working on one isolated area of a larger project, as long as they understand how their particular part works.
You see, there is no one best way to learn or to teach. The best teachers adjust their styles to suit individual learners, and the best learners learn to make their needs known, or they set up circumstances that facilitate their own unique style. Remember, your child may not have the same learning style that you do, and two kids in the same family may learn equally well but by very different methods.
For best results, honor these differences. Find out all you can about your children's learning styles, and refrain from trying to force square-peg-learners into round-hole-experiences. You'll both be happier. And you might just learn something new about yourself.
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Sea To Shining Sea- Disabled Veteran Bike Ride Across the USA
http://s2ssbikeride.org/ These are brave and strong Disabled Veterans. They go roughly 60 Miles a day. They Started in San Franscico California and will end in Virginia Beach on July 24th!! Here is a few photo's of the group as they made a stop in Cedar City!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Good Quote I found on Disabilities
"Not only do physically disabled people have experiences which are not available to the able-bodied, they are in a better position to transcend cultural mythologies about the body, because they cannot do things the able-bodied feel they must do in order to be happy, ‘normal,’ and sane….If disabled people were truly heard, an explosion of knowledge of the human body and psyche would take place." - Susan Wendell
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
If your in the Military ---READ THIS---
I Learned Something NEW to me and important!!
I have a friend on a social network and they informed me that they were going to change a few things for security reasons.. their status to change.. ...
So I made a comment wishing them luck.. and I was further informed that their marriage is fine ..they had been through S.E.R.E. Training and was told that social networks and such they needed to be listed as Single for Security Reasons..
So to Everyone I Know in the Military please look into this and take such action when you are trained to do so!!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Rules of the Wild West!!!
Rules of Utah , Idaho , and the Wild West are as follows:
1. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.
2. Turn your cap right, your head ain’t crooked.
3. Let’s get this straight: it’s called a “gravel road.” I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you’re gonna get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
4. They are cattle. That’s why they smell to you. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don’t like it? I-80 goes east and west, I-15 goes north and south. Pick one.
5. So you have a $60,000 car. We’re impressed. We have $250,000 combines that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
6. Every person in the Wild West waves. It’s called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.
7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of geese/pheasants/ducks/doves are comin’ in during the hunts, we WILL shoot it outa your hand. You better hope you don’t have it up to your ear at the time.
8. Yeah. We eat trout, salmon, deer and elk. You really want sushi and caviar? It’s available at the corner bait shop.
9.. The “Opener” refers to the first day of deer season. It’s a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.
10. We open doors for women. That’s applied to all women, regardless of age.
11.. No, there’s no “vegetarian special” on the menu. Order steak, or you can order the Chef’s Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham and turkey.
12. When we fill out a table, there ar e three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup! Oh, yeah…. We don’t care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat… IT AIN’T REAL CHILI!!
13. You bring “Coke” into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice. You bring “Mary Jane” into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.
14. College and High School Football is as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.
15. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don’t hit the water hazards – it spooks the fish.
16. Colleges? We have them all over. We have State Universities , Universities, and Vo-techs. They come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at everybody when they come home for the holidays.
17. We have more folks in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines than all of you put together, so don’t mess with us. If you do, you’ll get whipped by the best.
18. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump crap ain’t music, anyway. We don’t want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers! Refer back to #1!
1. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.
2. Turn your cap right, your head ain’t crooked.
3. Let’s get this straight: it’s called a “gravel road.” I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you’re gonna get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
4. They are cattle. That’s why they smell to you. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don’t like it? I-80 goes east and west, I-15 goes north and south. Pick one.
5. So you have a $60,000 car. We’re impressed. We have $250,000 combines that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
6. Every person in the Wild West waves. It’s called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.
7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of geese/pheasants/ducks/doves are comin’ in during the hunts, we WILL shoot it outa your hand. You better hope you don’t have it up to your ear at the time.
8. Yeah. We eat trout, salmon, deer and elk. You really want sushi and caviar? It’s available at the corner bait shop.
9.. The “Opener” refers to the first day of deer season. It’s a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.
10. We open doors for women. That’s applied to all women, regardless of age.
11.. No, there’s no “vegetarian special” on the menu. Order steak, or you can order the Chef’s Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham and turkey.
12. When we fill out a table, there ar e three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup! Oh, yeah…. We don’t care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat… IT AIN’T REAL CHILI!!
13. You bring “Coke” into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice. You bring “Mary Jane” into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.
14. College and High School Football is as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.
15. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don’t hit the water hazards – it spooks the fish.
16. Colleges? We have them all over. We have State Universities , Universities, and Vo-techs. They come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at everybody when they come home for the holidays.
17. We have more folks in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines than all of you put together, so don’t mess with us. If you do, you’ll get whipped by the best.
18. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump crap ain’t music, anyway. We don’t want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers! Refer back to #1!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Self Made People
Do you know anyone who is a self-made man or woman - a self-made person? I think you do.
From time to time, we hear someone describe him- or herself as "self-made." What they usually mean is that they weren't born to wealthy, successful parents, or that they managed to succeed in spite of great odds.
Recently, when I was giving a talk to a group of business people, I asked all the "self-made" folks to stand up. Well, about 25 percent of the audience stood, but, as I told them, every one of them should have been on their feet. You see, in the final analysis, all of us are self-made people. Sure, some of us get off to an easier start, and some of us are fortunate enough to have had parents or others who helped us recognize and use our talents.
But success is not a matter of luck, or talent, or of being gifted. More than anything else, success is a matter of belief and persistence. If you don't believe you can succeed, no amount of talent or money or good parenting will help you. And if you do believe it and refuse to give up no matter how hard the struggle, no obstacle, no setback, no disadvantage will stop you.
George Bernard Shaw said it perfectly: "People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. But the people who get on in this world are those who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, they make them." So take charge of your life by taking accountability for being who you are!
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
From time to time, we hear someone describe him- or herself as "self-made." What they usually mean is that they weren't born to wealthy, successful parents, or that they managed to succeed in spite of great odds.
Recently, when I was giving a talk to a group of business people, I asked all the "self-made" folks to stand up. Well, about 25 percent of the audience stood, but, as I told them, every one of them should have been on their feet. You see, in the final analysis, all of us are self-made people. Sure, some of us get off to an easier start, and some of us are fortunate enough to have had parents or others who helped us recognize and use our talents.
But success is not a matter of luck, or talent, or of being gifted. More than anything else, success is a matter of belief and persistence. If you don't believe you can succeed, no amount of talent or money or good parenting will help you. And if you do believe it and refuse to give up no matter how hard the struggle, no obstacle, no setback, no disadvantage will stop you.
George Bernard Shaw said it perfectly: "People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. But the people who get on in this world are those who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, they make them." So take charge of your life by taking accountability for being who you are!
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Stuck in a Rut?
"Stuck in a Rut?"
Do you sometimes feel like you are stuck in a rut that gets deeper every day? Today I'll tell you about something you can do to help yourself climb up and out.
Are you feeling stuck these days? Do you feel like you've run out of gas and are stranded in a place you don't want to be? If so, one way to get yourself moving again is to create your own challenge.
Now, if you're wondering "Why in the world do I need another challenge, when I haven't been able to solve the problems at hand," it's because creating your own challenge is different. It can give you the opportunity to purposely test yourself in new situations, and then return to the old problems with renewed vitality, vigor, and strength.
By creating a challenge, you set the limits of the test based only on your own estimation of your potential. The risks you'll be taking are self-determined, so the challenges you create are completely different than those that have come to you unbidden. They become touchstones of growth, a proving ground for inner potential, a reminder to you that you are competent, and a great boost to your self-confidence.
Choose a challenge that has meaning to you, not just to those around you, and make it something that you really believe you can pull off. Tackle it with all the energy and resources you have to make sure you succeed. Then, when you do, use that success to catapult you out of your rut and on to bigger things!
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
Do you sometimes feel like you are stuck in a rut that gets deeper every day? Today I'll tell you about something you can do to help yourself climb up and out.
Are you feeling stuck these days? Do you feel like you've run out of gas and are stranded in a place you don't want to be? If so, one way to get yourself moving again is to create your own challenge.
Now, if you're wondering "Why in the world do I need another challenge, when I haven't been able to solve the problems at hand," it's because creating your own challenge is different. It can give you the opportunity to purposely test yourself in new situations, and then return to the old problems with renewed vitality, vigor, and strength.
By creating a challenge, you set the limits of the test based only on your own estimation of your potential. The risks you'll be taking are self-determined, so the challenges you create are completely different than those that have come to you unbidden. They become touchstones of growth, a proving ground for inner potential, a reminder to you that you are competent, and a great boost to your self-confidence.
Choose a challenge that has meaning to you, not just to those around you, and make it something that you really believe you can pull off. Tackle it with all the energy and resources you have to make sure you succeed. Then, when you do, use that success to catapult you out of your rut and on to bigger things!
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Creativity
Are you as creative as you'd like to be? Most of us aren't, but we could be. Today, I'll tell you how.
The first thing you need to do is get rid of the idea that creative people are born that way. Do not believe the old saying, "You either have it, or you don't." You should believe, however, that how we are raised has a lot to do with it.
No matter how you were brought up, if you are an adult, your life is now in your own hands and what you become is up to you. So if you want to be more creative, here are some tips.
The mind is like any other muscle: the more you use it, the stronger it gets and, therefore, the more you are able to use it. The best way to get great ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw all but the best ones away. It is important, too, to realize that creativity is deadened by routine and stimulated by doing things a little differently. In fact, creativity is doing something differently. So shake up your routines if you want to be more creative. Finally, seek out others whom you consider to be creative, and spend time with them.
Remember that creativity can be manifested in just about every activity under the sun. You don't have to be an artist, musician or writer to be creative. You can bring creativity into your life no matter what your life is like. Tomorrow, I will tell you how to make your creativity bloom. If you don't already know how, I think you will be surprised by how good it feels!
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
The first thing you need to do is get rid of the idea that creative people are born that way. Do not believe the old saying, "You either have it, or you don't." You should believe, however, that how we are raised has a lot to do with it.
No matter how you were brought up, if you are an adult, your life is now in your own hands and what you become is up to you. So if you want to be more creative, here are some tips.
The mind is like any other muscle: the more you use it, the stronger it gets and, therefore, the more you are able to use it. The best way to get great ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw all but the best ones away. It is important, too, to realize that creativity is deadened by routine and stimulated by doing things a little differently. In fact, creativity is doing something differently. So shake up your routines if you want to be more creative. Finally, seek out others whom you consider to be creative, and spend time with them.
Remember that creativity can be manifested in just about every activity under the sun. You don't have to be an artist, musician or writer to be creative. You can bring creativity into your life no matter what your life is like. Tomorrow, I will tell you how to make your creativity bloom. If you don't already know how, I think you will be surprised by how good it feels!
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Please give constructive Criticism of this Silhouetted image
I Took this today at the skatepark and wanted to experiment on my silhouette editing skills..Yes I could have posted this image straight from the camera because their parents were present when I took this image and asked if I could take the image however just for fun I decided to try a silhouette editing trick I am trying to learn to do... Sometimes you can do a Silhouetting image straight from the camera but the lighting has to be just right!! Please give me feedback on this to let me know what you think
Monday, March 15, 2010
I have some BIG photography news in my life!!!
One of my Photo's is currently in the works to be on a postcard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The postcard company is in the process of checking with their clients to see how much interest there is in this type of photographic postcard!!! This will be in Motel and Hotel and shop shelves by Memorial Day after this particular photo is sent off to the printers...
Using Positive Affirmations on this folks!! if you want more information then contact me and I will spill the beans of what the photo is before it gets on the market!!
The postcard company is in the process of checking with their clients to see how much interest there is in this type of photographic postcard!!! This will be in Motel and Hotel and shop shelves by Memorial Day after this particular photo is sent off to the printers...
Using Positive Affirmations on this folks!! if you want more information then contact me and I will spill the beans of what the photo is before it gets on the market!!
People are Good
This is another good gem of a thought from my favorite
Lou Tice
--People are Good---
If you could peel away all the outside stuff like behavior and pretending, do you think human beings are basically good?
I know there are some individuals in the world who think that people are essentially bad, and that goodness has to be pounded into us, more or less against our will. I don't buy it. I believe that people are basically good. Why, just look at a baby - any baby in the world - if you want to test the idea.
Babies aren't evil or resistant or fearful. Babies, given basic care and affection, are by nature happy little beings. This means that nearly all of us started out living in love and joy.
If you are not still living that way, it doesn't mean you are bad. It means that somewhere along the way you were taught to expect less. You behaved accordingly, and less is what you got stuck with. But you don't have to stay stuck. I have spent nearly 40 years helping people change, so I know it is possible. And those people are no smarter or better or capable than you.
Today and every day you have a choice to make: Do you want to be happy? Do you want to live a satisfying, productive, adventurous life?
If so, you can do it! Visualize it, affirm it in everything you do and say, and behave as if you already were! Start today, and get ready for a great tomorrow!
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
Lou Tice
--People are Good---
If you could peel away all the outside stuff like behavior and pretending, do you think human beings are basically good?
I know there are some individuals in the world who think that people are essentially bad, and that goodness has to be pounded into us, more or less against our will. I don't buy it. I believe that people are basically good. Why, just look at a baby - any baby in the world - if you want to test the idea.
Babies aren't evil or resistant or fearful. Babies, given basic care and affection, are by nature happy little beings. This means that nearly all of us started out living in love and joy.
If you are not still living that way, it doesn't mean you are bad. It means that somewhere along the way you were taught to expect less. You behaved accordingly, and less is what you got stuck with. But you don't have to stay stuck. I have spent nearly 40 years helping people change, so I know it is possible. And those people are no smarter or better or capable than you.
Today and every day you have a choice to make: Do you want to be happy? Do you want to live a satisfying, productive, adventurous life?
If so, you can do it! Visualize it, affirm it in everything you do and say, and behave as if you already were! Start today, and get ready for a great tomorrow!
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Right versus Happy
I received the following from a list I follow on Facebook and wanted to share it here!!
I took a College course with material from Lou Tice and have since always enjoyed his works!!
"Right vs. Happy"
I want to ask you a question with far-reaching implications: Would you rather be right or happy? Today, we are going to look at several possible answers.
Some people sacrifice a lot in order to be right, because they think the way to be right is to make other people wrong. They spend a lot of time and effort doing so. Of course, people who are set up to appear wrong or poorly informed aren't crazy about the feeling, so those who make others look bad, also make themselves disliked.
People who need to be right don't take many risks either, and they avoid uncertainty like the plague. Many times they would rather lie than say, "I'm not sure," or "Gee, I don't know."
On the other hand, people who would rather be happy than right, don't care much about how smart they look. They realize that we are all on a learning curve. They know that the best way to help each other grow is to stop competing and start cooperating.
You see, life isn't about showing other people up. It is about helping each other to see.
Each of us gets to decide for ourselves what and how much we want to look at, and whether we are willing to give - and accept - help. We also get to choose whether we are going to be right or happy.
Sometimes we can do both. But if you had to pick just one, which choice would it be?
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
I took a College course with material from Lou Tice and have since always enjoyed his works!!
"Right vs. Happy"
I want to ask you a question with far-reaching implications: Would you rather be right or happy? Today, we are going to look at several possible answers.
Some people sacrifice a lot in order to be right, because they think the way to be right is to make other people wrong. They spend a lot of time and effort doing so. Of course, people who are set up to appear wrong or poorly informed aren't crazy about the feeling, so those who make others look bad, also make themselves disliked.
People who need to be right don't take many risks either, and they avoid uncertainty like the plague. Many times they would rather lie than say, "I'm not sure," or "Gee, I don't know."
On the other hand, people who would rather be happy than right, don't care much about how smart they look. They realize that we are all on a learning curve. They know that the best way to help each other grow is to stop competing and start cooperating.
You see, life isn't about showing other people up. It is about helping each other to see.
Each of us gets to decide for ourselves what and how much we want to look at, and whether we are willing to give - and accept - help. We also get to choose whether we are going to be right or happy.
Sometimes we can do both. But if you had to pick just one, which choice would it be?
Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com
The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2010. All rights reserved.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
IHOP National Pancake Day - February 23, 2010 - Pancake Day Details
IHOP National Pancake Day - February 23, 2010 - Pancake Day Details
Support Children's Miracle network please... even if you dont plan on going to IHOP on the 23rd please request a FREE reminder call!!
Support Children's Miracle network please... even if you dont plan on going to IHOP on the 23rd please request a FREE reminder call!!
Utah Soccer Championship State Tour
http://web.mlsnet.com/t121/
The REAL Salt Lake trophy is making it's rounds through the state and here is a photo of the unveiling for the folks in Cedar City held at a local High School and Leo the Lion posing with Me..
Friday, January 22, 2010
Chiropractor Visit!! Who ME?? who would have ever thought!!
http://www.necksecret.com/The_Atlas_Vertebra.html
This is simply amazing!! check the above website!!
Lately with my Motorized Wheelchair I have been exploring different parts of town and also attempting to enter different shops to see how well I am able to maneuver inside them. Well on Monday of this week one of the places I Visited out of curiosity was a Chiropractors office!! Well to make the story short I am able to get inside no problems at all.. and so goes the rest of the story!!!
I have started treatments there!! and the 1st order of business is to work on the Atlas Which is otherwise known as C1..This won't be a cure all and get me out of the wheelchair and cause me to throw away my walker most likely. However this will be fun!! and help me with some of the pains that I currently have!! When I was a Child I was afraid of chiropractors because having Spina Bifida I did not want anyone to mess up my spine more so then it is!! But Chiropractors have a sense about such disablities naturally.. as they deal with the spine!!!
If anyone is interested I will try to get some photos of the work done on me and post them later!! just let me know!!!
P.S. this seemed like a great time to mention this as my brother's family had a school event about disablities read their Blog post here. http://kjwhite.blogspot.com/2010/01/touch-of-understanding.html
This is simply amazing!! check the above website!!
Lately with my Motorized Wheelchair I have been exploring different parts of town and also attempting to enter different shops to see how well I am able to maneuver inside them. Well on Monday of this week one of the places I Visited out of curiosity was a Chiropractors office!! Well to make the story short I am able to get inside no problems at all.. and so goes the rest of the story!!!
I have started treatments there!! and the 1st order of business is to work on the Atlas Which is otherwise known as C1..This won't be a cure all and get me out of the wheelchair and cause me to throw away my walker most likely. However this will be fun!! and help me with some of the pains that I currently have!! When I was a Child I was afraid of chiropractors because having Spina Bifida I did not want anyone to mess up my spine more so then it is!! But Chiropractors have a sense about such disablities naturally.. as they deal with the spine!!!
If anyone is interested I will try to get some photos of the work done on me and post them later!! just let me know!!!
P.S. this seemed like a great time to mention this as my brother's family had a school event about disablities read their Blog post here. http://kjwhite.blogspot.com/2010/01/touch-of-understanding.html
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