Dec 25, 2011 8:00am
How Mom’s Letter Paved Way for Young Man’s Visit With President
A young man whose mother wrote a letter to President Obama is now scheduled to meet with the president.
Jeremy Carr, 23, has Down syndrome. Carr volunteered with his mother, a Vietnam War veteran, at a road clean-up event in the spring staged by Chapter 862 of the Vietnam Veterans of America. It was one of several veterans volunteer events in which Carr has taken part.
Throughout the morning of the clean-up, he never asked to take a break, didn’t stop to talk about his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers, or his favorite WWE star John Cena, his mother said. He didn’t even ask for anything to eat or drink. He asked his mother only one thing several times during the day, “Mom, will President Barack Obama be proud of me for helping the soldiers?”
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Sunday, August 23, 2009
3 kids, no job — relying on God
3 kids, no job — relying on God
By Jim Stratton
Sentinel Staff Writer
August 23, 2009
FRUITLAND PARK - The faith of Charlie Thompson fills a room.
He has been jobless for seven months, can't make his mortgage payment and may lose his car. He and his wife are raising three kids — all with Down syndrome — and have already lost three others to neurological disorders.
Yet, as I sit on his couch, his daughter playing next to me, he says that, ultimately, he feels lucky, that God is protecting his family.
"Maybe that's just looking for something positive," Thompson, 53, says quietly. "But I really believe it."
A moment later, his wife, Barbara, breaks the silence.
"From our experience," she laughs, "we've learned you don't pray for patience."
It's tempting to say the recession has taught Charlie and Barbara Thompson about what really matters, but they've had a pretty good sense of that for a long time now. Married 31 years, the couple have endured enough pain for two lifetimes, yet managed to keep bitterness at bay.
They've filled their lives with children — four adopted, three biological — and faith, leaning on both when times were bad. They take little for granted.
"We had two children who never rolled over on their own," says Barbara, a fourth-generation Floridian. "So seeing these three be naughty is a treat."
"These three" are Luke, 18, Ashley, 14, and Billy, 13. Their oldest child, 30-year-old Charles Byron, is married, living in Lady Lake.
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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-jobless-search-082309,0,5417699.story
By Jim Stratton
Sentinel Staff Writer
August 23, 2009
FRUITLAND PARK - The faith of Charlie Thompson fills a room.
He has been jobless for seven months, can't make his mortgage payment and may lose his car. He and his wife are raising three kids — all with Down syndrome — and have already lost three others to neurological disorders.
Yet, as I sit on his couch, his daughter playing next to me, he says that, ultimately, he feels lucky, that God is protecting his family.
"Maybe that's just looking for something positive," Thompson, 53, says quietly. "But I really believe it."
A moment later, his wife, Barbara, breaks the silence.
"From our experience," she laughs, "we've learned you don't pray for patience."
It's tempting to say the recession has taught Charlie and Barbara Thompson about what really matters, but they've had a pretty good sense of that for a long time now. Married 31 years, the couple have endured enough pain for two lifetimes, yet managed to keep bitterness at bay.
They've filled their lives with children — four adopted, three biological — and faith, leaning on both when times were bad. They take little for granted.
"We had two children who never rolled over on their own," says Barbara, a fourth-generation Floridian. "So seeing these three be naughty is a treat."
"These three" are Luke, 18, Ashley, 14, and Billy, 13. Their oldest child, 30-year-old Charles Byron, is married, living in Lady Lake.
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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-jobless-search-082309,0,5417699.story
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Lost dog finds family and provides life saving heroics
This story has it all! A family with a lot of problems saved by the kindness shown to lost dog.
Mom, breast cancer and cervical cancer survivor, divorced, single Mom with two children. A ten year old and a 21 year old with Down Syndrome.
The dog saved the life of one of them but transformed the lives of all of them. Then, the owner of the dog, overjoyed with finding his lost pet, turns around and gives the dog back to the family that found him.
If you want to start your day with a heartwarming story, this is the one you have to read!
Mom, breast cancer and cervical cancer survivor, divorced, single Mom with two children. A ten year old and a 21 year old with Down Syndrome.
The dog saved the life of one of them but transformed the lives of all of them. Then, the owner of the dog, overjoyed with finding his lost pet, turns around and gives the dog back to the family that found him.
If you want to start your day with a heartwarming story, this is the one you have to read!
Lost and Found Dog Saves Life of Boy with Down Syndrome
by Helena Sung (RSS feed) Aug 11th 2009 5:00PM
Do you believe in canine guardian angels and the kindness of strangers? You just might after reading this story.
Early one morning, Yolanda Segovia's neighbor, Stacey Savige, knocked on her door and asked her to temporarily take in a stray dog she had found. The scruffy terrier mix had no collar or microchip. Segovia eyed the pooch -- burrs sticking to his belly and mud caking his fur -- and reluctantly agreed to foster him for the day.
An erstwhile hairdresser, Segovia hasn't worked since 2006. At 47, she is a survivor of breast cancer and cervical cancer. A divorced single mother of two, Segovia shares her Port Tampa, Florida home with her 10 year-old son Azaiah and 21 year-old son Christian. Her elder son has Down Syndrome; he cannot speak or bathe himself, and he has had heart surgery and a kidney transplant, reports the St. Petersburg Times.
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Lost and Found Dog Saves Life of Boy with Down Syndrome
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