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!

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.

I know what you mean by hot... our high today in Anderson SC is supposed to be 99! It's 90 degrees right now and we are staying IN THE HOUSE for the most part... though Rolo is barking for me to get off the puter and play :)

Wow! I just realized you have 8 dogs! That's amazing. Mei is already a handful for me. Haha...

Abe is adorable!! I love his tongue hanging out and curling a little at the end! What cutie-pie!

Abe is so cute! His mini-ness give him the puppy look. =)

You live close to me! I am also in the WS area, and just got my 2 babies in April. My red, Bentley, came from a breeder in Dobson. Kristel came from Ohio. I think she will be small, as she is a lot smaller than Bentley now and her breeder told me she would be. She is only 3.5 months old right now, and I'm not planning on breeding her. For the reasons stated in the last comment on your post, and mostly because she is our pet and it would be devestating to lose her in childbirth, which can happen. Abe is a cutie! Good luck in your search!

Your pictures are gorgeous.