Girl With Down Syndrome Crowned Homecoming Queen

October 16, 2008 at 9:39 pm · Comments (2)
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Typically, when you think of a homecoming queen, you think of the prettiest, most popular girl in the school. The blonde head cheerleader, for example. In one particular high school in Texas, however, this is not the case. Well, maybe I’m putting that wrong. The girl is popular, and she is beautiful, but she’s not the head cheerleader. Her name is Kristin Pass and she is an Eightteen year old senior at Aledo High School. She also has Down Syndrome. I guess to some people this probably doesn’t mean anything, but coming from the big sister of a mentally handicapped person, and seeing how most people treat other handicapped people this really hit home for me. I have seen my share of ugliness, the whispers, the stares and laughter. People can be cruel and ugly. It’s nice to see that in this day and age, and in a world as cold as the one in which we live, there are still some good people. Those people made Kristin Pass very, very happy.

Commenters: Erica, Julie

I’m A Bipolar Mother

May 27, 2008 at 6:48 pm · Comments (3)
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Sometimes it is hard being a single parent. It’s hard sometimes being a parent either way, though. But being bipolar and having emotional retardation doesn’t make it any easier. I am lucky that my son copes well with the challenges that having a bipolar parent present to him. He’s amazing for it. I have my moments where I just can’t control my emotions and he knows I’m just having a bad time, and it usually passes pretty quickly. It’s not like I don’t try, also, but I do know that with my ex boyfriend slowly fading out of the picture, it will get better. He’s the root of most of my problems it seems. However, I can’t place all the blame on him. He just exacerbates an already troubling issue. I have problems, and instead of trying to help me get through them, he makes them worse. I don’t want to babble here about it, though.

I found out that my son’s day camp is the same week as VBS this summer. So he’s not going to VBS. I already paid for the day camp, and its all day as opposed to 3 hours a day of VBS. I’m sure he’ll have a blast.

I’ve been kind of having a bad day. We are definitely eating out tonight. I had planned on making chicken enchiladas, but with the whole emotional rollercoaster Chris took me on today I just don’t feel up to cooking. Eric will enjoy eating out, anyway!

Commenters: Julie, Single Mom Seeking