Well it's been a great Saturday!

Nope, didn't get anything done really. Our son came home from NYC for 11 days and it's only his second day here. So I haven't done any crafting at all. Just been hanging with him. Our oldest son and his family (meaning his wife and kids) came over to see Uncle Mando. It is always a fun time with all these people in the house. And I love seeing my grandkids anytime. But it's made much better having the entire family here at one time. I really miss Armando when he's away. It has been 10 months since he was here last so this is a special time for all of us. Sadly I am unable to take off work next week, but I have the greatest boss to let me have off the day before he leaves and the days he leaves. That gives me a 4 day weekend so I can spend the last few days he's here with him.

Other than that, I'll get back to my crafting. I'm probably going to work on it some more tomorrow while helping my daughter write her 500 word journal for English class. She's getting very good at this. I love having at least one of my children going to college. It's wonderful to see her getting an education especially since her life was changed by a brain injury before her 17th birthday.

At some point I would love for people to understand that people who have a brain injury are not mentally disabled. They don't have learning disabilities. They have a brain injury. I find it offensive to see people use the term "brain damaged". It makes it sound like the person is damaged. There are so many people with brain injuries. There are so many that are like my daughter who are among us and you would never guess that they are injured and that their whole lives have changed. Yet because of some differences, they are looked on as "strange" or "stupid" or even (I despise this awful word) "retarded." Sorry, but maybe, before you open your mouth, you should read up on how brain injury can affect people and start showing them a little more kindness and treating them as human beings. In any case, isn't that how we should all treat each other? We are, after all, all God's children.