New and from Florida

[MaryA]

Hello Uno Masser's,

I have been reading this forum for a while and have finally become a member. I have a daughter named Sarah who is 14 and she has DS. She will be starting High School next year (SIGH)... I am more frightened than she is!! She carries on a conversation well and has very good social skills. He academic abilities are about 2nd grade. She is reading thingy and Jane type books. etc. I haven't had any luck finding a friend myself who has a daughter close to the same age who has a daughter w/DS that I can just talk to for support. Everyone I know has a newborn or they are toddlers or either over 19 etc. I would love to talk to someone close to the Tallahassee area of Florida. Thanks.

[Debi]

;D ;D ;DHi Mary !.. and Sarah!! If you've been reading this board for a while you know how good it can be.. and what a great source of support. Wish I could help you from a geographic angle.. but we (Debi.. Gabe (DS) and Ariel are from the midwest.
BUT..... We have the best time chatting and passing messages on this board and doing all kinds of things that seem to erase physical distance (Another great thing about Uno Mas!)
Gabe will be twelve and next year he starts middle school (SIGH ) and Ariel is l4 like your Sarah (and a freshman next year Y I K E S!!) Sure wish my Gabe had the conversational skills your Sarah does ... .. you are lucky in that respect!!
We are rural and have very little in the way of support here so I know the feeling... if you ever want to chat my yahoo i d is rrbaby02 and email is [e-mail] and this message board sure has a way of making buddies out of a whole bunch of us.
Can't wait to hear more about Sarah.. please post more soon!!

[donnita]

Welcome Mary and Sarah!

[lindy]

Welcome to Unomas!

I am Lindy... Jenna's Mom. Jenna turns 3 in August, so she isn't close to Sarah's age.

I am from Florida too. About an hour north of Tampa.