Packing to leave for Florida with Kelly to celebrate oldest sister Carolyn’s 50th, I wondered what to do about the blog while I was gone. Halfway through the packing I knew–write about traveling with a young adult with Down syndrome on a trip that was sure to present ample challenges to her love of routine…
But There’s Nothing There!
That’s what the people in charge of the MARC Center in Rockdale reported in 1995 after a scouting expedition to Down Home Ranch as we prepared for the first ever Ranch Camp. The Marc Center is an activity center/workshop for adults with intellectual disabilities. We became acquainted with them through board members and volunteers in Rockdale,…
“Go now!”
Session 1 of Camp is over and I went to closing Saturday morning. I didn’t know as many of the camper families in this session—which was for teens and young adults—as I usually do. Most of the campers Miss Gay and I worked with the first 12 years of camp are now attending the adult camps.…
A Ring of Truth
Sundays at the Ranch are generally quiet. Everyone goes to church, comes home, has lunch. Sometimes in the afternoon we take a swim, or work out a little bit, or just hang around the house doing whatever. As for me—I’m supposed to be writing a book about how Down Home Ranch got started. Somehow that’s not…