Christena Luna:  

HELLO EVERYONE! ITS BEEN A LONG TIME. SO HERES MY STORY.... IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER I GOT PREGNANT IN 1986 AND HAD LOTS OF COMPLICATIONS. MY SON, RICHARD WAS BORN IN APRIL 1987 AND I WAS TAKEN OUT OF SCHOOL DUE TO DR.S ORDERS. THEN I GOT MARRIED IN NOV 1987, MY HUSBAND JOINED THE NATIONAL GUARD, HIS JEALOUSY GOT IN OUR WAY AND HE WOULDN'T LET ME GO BACK TO SCHOOL. HE WANTED ME TO STAY HOME AND BE A FULLTIME MOM AND WIFE. I WAS UPSET BECAUSE I WANTED TO GRADUATE WITH MY CLASS BUT I WAS UNABLE TOO. BUT....I DID GO BACK AND I GRADUATED IN 1989. YIPPEE!!!!!!! Anyways like some marriages, we split up and I decided I was leaving BIG PLAINVIEW, SO I MOVED TO AMARILLO IN 1993 and GAVE MY MARRIGE ANOTHER SHOT. I HAD MY 2ND CHILD,SHELLY-AND SHE WAS BORN WITH DOWN SYNDROME. AT FIRST I WAS ASHAME BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THAT I COULD EVER GIVE BIRTH TO A MENTALLY CHALLENGE CHILD. BUT FOR A REASON GOD GAVE ME MY PRECIOUS SHELLY I WOULDN'T TRADE HER FOR THE WORLD IF ANYTHING SHE HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH. I LOVE HER TO DEATH. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ARE CELEBRATING HER QUINCEANERA NOV.8,2008. SHE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HER FRIENDS FIVE WHICH ARE ALSO DOWN SYNDROME ONE THAT HAS WILLIAMS SYNDROME AND ONE THAT IS ADHD AND BI POLAR AMONG OTHER THINGS. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES. SHE IS VERY ACTIVE WE DO SPECIAL OLYMPICS- BASKETBALL, TRACK, BOWLING AND THIS NEXT YEAR, WE ARE ADDING SWIMMING AND PROBABLY EQUESTRIAN. SO IF THAT DOESN'T KEEP ME BUSY MY YOUNGEST, CRISELDA IS 11 AND SHE PLAYS ON A SELECT TEAM F...Expand for more