Trish Anderson:  

Life My Spouse I met my husband in Albuq. where he was stationed in the Army. I met him on the 4th of July! That was the beginning of a relationship that has lasted all these almost 42 years as of Dec. 23rd. My Kids Both of our beautiful daughters are married with children. Our eldest daughter was a teacher in Albuq. at Adobe Acres. She taught 4th grade until she and her husband were expecting their first child, then moved to another State. They now have two beautiful daughters, one 17, and one 13. Our Grandchildren are the delight of our life! My eldest daughter received her BA, BS and Masters in Education at UNM. Our youngest daughter attended College in South Carolina where she studied business. She has presently realized one of her goals and dreams of working in the medical field and is now a certified Nurses Assistant. She wants to go on to become an LPN. She and her new husband are expecting their first child and her fifth in Dec. 16th. Both of our daughters are very sweet Christian, talented young women. Both of the girls play the piano beautifully and have been teaching their own children to play the piano. Our youngest daughter has 5 children, one son, 22, and in the Marines. He is currently a guitarist in the Marine band. 4 daughters ages 19, 16, a saucy redheaded who is now 13.and the youngest girl who is now 3 years old. Our son is 41 and lives with us. He has Mosiac Downs Syndrome, and tells some of us we have it too! He is enjoying all the attention from his sisters and their families now that we live near them. Andy graduated with honors from Los Alamos High School. He was very active in NM in Special Olympics and received many medals with many of them being first place. He was very good at downhill skiing and loved it very much. His last first place medal in downhill skiing took place at Angel Fire. He lost all of his medals in the Cerro Grande fire, the fire was a very tramatic ordeal for him. He came through it better than we thought he would. He is a very happy and personable young man who makes friends with everyone. I tell my son, "you are the wind beneath my wings". I tell my daughters that song is for them as well. Having a special person like our son in our life has been both challenging (probably more challenging for him) and rewarding. He has brought something special into everyone's life he meets and especially into the lives of all of his family. Our family feels especially blessed to have him in our lives! He was in recording session in the year (2008) with Leonardo from MI who goes around singing his wonderful songs and attending events for Down Syndrome Awareness. Andy was on a special news report with Leonardo along with some of his friends who sang back up on Leonardo's newest CD claled: "Makin Waves" I just gave permission for my son to be featured in a magazine with Leonardo and his friends. He is getting way too much attention, LOL His family all help to encourage Andy in all he does by attending the different events like the "Michiana Down Syndrome Walk" that is held every year at and had been held at Notre Dame University Campus. He has a great family and friend support group. He competed in Special Olympics Ballroom dancing July 5th, 09, 2010, 2011,2012 in Ft. Wayne where he placed 2nd in the boxstep and 1st in the foxtrot.along with other five other gold medals in 2010. He is a very smooth dancer. He loves dancing and this was h...Expand for more