Re: roll call : new member :)

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hello i am a new member

i just gave birth to my firstborn daughter, lili, 5 months ago.

she is the light of my life and perfect for me.

she is perfectly healthy. i have nothing to complain about i just want to

share the joy and connect with others. i'm sorry it has taken me so long to

introduce myself.

i live in the city (saint paul, minnesota) but would love nothing more than

to live on a farm.

i envy all you farm dwellers! tell me how you do it! no really! i need to

get out of here!

my family roots are rural (on one side). the red barn, the white house and

all. i have the best memories of my grandfather's farm. i know it is hard

work but it is the life i am called to. i ache for it.

it seems i am repeating... my uncle who lived on that farm had DS. i feel i

am echoing many lives.

it is strange.

maybe because of that i am not as scared of it all. my uncle was so happy.

he was not " mainstreamed " or any of these things today but my grandmother

was human enough to understand not to send him away to some other place.

he had such a good life being with nature.

for this, i wish she were alive today so that i could thank her, even tho

she and i were never close in life. now...at my age of 41 i realize what an

imapct she had on my future life and the life of my daughter.

thank you grandma

anyway, i'm feeling emotional because i have not connected to many others

yet about her and it's new year's eve.

i'd love to connect to others.....

cheers,

ana, lili, and m