Haven't been here for a while, but there may be exciting news here at Matttie's Farm. Tomorrow we are going to go and look at a little red headed tri female named "Tiddly Wink"! Abe is very excited about have someone around that he can look straight in the eyes instead of up! Let you know! Delete Comment

Hi Terry, your bio and your little tri is so similar to mine. I have a special needs son, now 34, and was wondering if the young man with the lovely dog is your son. We're in northeastern Indiana, but my married daughter and grandbaby live in Chapel Hill.

Josh leaned more towards austistic tendencies, and is still a loner, and somewhat ocd. He lived a year in a group home with 5 other young men, and that, was his favorite year I think . He grew up with his sister and a single mom, which couldn't have been easy! The year with the guys was great fun, and a good weaner from Mom. Since then, he's lived in an apartment, and has worked as a bag boy in our town. He does his own bills, checking acct, cooks, cleans, laundry etc. As long as things don't unexpectedly happen to upset his structured enviroment, he does fantastic. He's extremely myopic, so never drove, and wears 2 hearing aides. I feel sometimes, that I've held him back, but ....regrets are stupid at this point. He's polite, caring, crafty, loves to read, and thrives in a small town setting. He doesn't feel challenged enough working as a bag boy now for 11 years, but, jobs are very hard to come by in a small town, where unemployment runs rampant anyway. For the first 5 yrs, he worked with a support person, once or twice a week, but no one helps now, just me, when needed. Usually when there are issues dealing with soc. sec, or medicaid redeterminations. Other than that, he does well. I've always felt that he has a guardian angel that works overtime!