Retiring to Florida

Life's changes seem to come at you so fast. Suddenly we lost a very important family member. David's father ,who was my employer, had lost his life to CJ. This brought our lives to a new level and we made some drastic changes. The decision was made to move to the place that both David and I had wanted to retire, Florida! So the search was on. After several trips to Florida, both sides of the coast, we decided on a small town with lots of promise. The move was on. Steph had only a few years left of school and knowing that the community had special needs programs set up for placement after graduation, we set our stakes on a new home and moved to our little piece of paradise. The hardest part was leaving my daughter Rachel and my grandchildren behind in GA. but I knew they would enjoy visiting Grammy in Florida. Steph decided to be an escape artist, so the behavior specialists papers were brought out once again. It didn't take long for her new teacher to figure out her mistakes and things quieted down for awhile. The summer proved to be a happy one as her three favorite teachers from GA. came to visit us in sunny Florida. Soon it was back to school and another new teacher. Enter Ms. Kim.!
Steph has an attraction to pretty teachers and aides so she attached herself to Ms. Kim immediately. We awaited for the day to come when we would receive the phone call saying she tried to escape the class but it never came. She enjoyed every day in school and became that little Ms. Independent. Everyday it was Ms. Kim this and Ms. Kim that.
I won't tell you that life in this school was a bowl of cherries because as you know Downs Syndrome seems to bring out a few unpleasant traits.
So until tomorrow, enjoy the holiday .
Hugs.