DownStream Fly Fishing

10/31/2016

It's been years since my last post on this page. If you happen to see this post and know of this program, would you be interested in getting involved if we revive it? I'm in the Denver area now (great spot for this) and would rebuild it here if I had a little support.

12/24/2010

Holy cow! It has been ages since I have paid any attention to my beloved fans of DownStream! I have been crazy busy, but am excited to get the program back on it's feet in 2011. In the mean time, Happy Holidays to you all!

10/03/2010

Tonight on ABC the show Extreme Makeover will be doing a show about a family with 6 kids with Downs.

Watch shorts of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition online at ABC. Stream "Yankee Surprise Sneak" instantly.

10/02/2010

Potty Training Down syndrome- what about you? Any ideas, stories or thoughts?

During the time of Mark’s confusion with f***s art, we continued to teach him the art of “p*e p*e” training. He sat on the potty at Pre School regularly and had some successes. We did the traditional rituals that surround toddler p*e p*e potty training and for the most part he got the hang of it.

09/09/2010

Hello fans, friends and family! Downstream is in the middle of the off season, but will get fired up here soon. In the mean time, here is another award winning post from Carmella's Corner. This will blow you out of the water!!! http://wp.me/pVt4C-2M

Mark’s brain was not sleeping anymore. He thought he was a state of the art exploration rocket. He was, after all, doing what we have been teaching him to do: be aware, investigate, move. Even with the jib skid slowly evolving into a crooked walk, he “ran” and never stopped, nor did he ever look bac...

07/31/2010

For any folks who have children with disabilities, what are your observations on behavior of siblings? Give this a read and let me know if this creates any thoughts.

Every parent waits for their child to achieve developmental milestones. Infants and toddlers eat up their cheerios and creamed spinach and morph into little people. By second grade our first son, Ryan, did this without fail. He was a stellar type of child in every way. We had created the perfect bea...

07/13/2010

For any parents of children with Downs who are approaching daycare and preschool issues, this is a must read. Hot off the press: http://wp.me/pVt4C-26

This is the time when I began cut my “bitch mother” teeth. I now understood that some people in our community would not support us in our quest to educate Mark. So, we set out to find those who would.

07/13/2010

It has been a while since the last post from the Markie Stories/My mom's blog. Someday we will figure out what to call her stories. For now, check this one out. http://wp.me/Vt4C

07/06/2010

Here is another post about taking Mark into bigger public places. Plus more entertaining thoughts from someone who has been there. http://wp.me/pVt4C-1M

My friend, Kathy, babysat Mark for me when I went back to work. She said it was an easy job, and we would laugh at our twisted good fortune. Her son, Monty also had Down syndrome. Even at two, we could sit our boys on a blanket and walk away; and they would still be there when we got back!

07/04/2010

Happy 4th everyone. Hope you holiday goes well. DownStream will have a few more images to share and hopefully we can start up the conversations again soon.

06/21/2010

Another quality post from my mom. This one talks about how Mark learned from his regular ed p*ers, then goes into how my parents fought hard to get Mark a full-time aid. http://bit.ly/cSQGZA

06/19/2010

Today is the perfect day to say thanks to all our Facebook and Twitter fans. Your support is greatly appreciated. Have a great weekend!