Today we’re going to visit Molly at GDC.  That’s usually a Sunday occurrence, but …well, nothing is ever written in stone.  We wanted to bring her home for Christmas, but the last time she had refused to leave, and also two grandchildren will be visiting me and their mother in my small Ohio condo.  And her Downs Syndrome turned into dementia a coupla years ago.  By the end of weekly visits from us she recognizes her sister and me, but  we don’t want to risk dive bombing the grandchildren’s Christmas…  Molly’s birthday is a bigger day for her anyway, three days later, at now it will be 52.  The connection between Downs and dementia is a recent truth now that their lifespan has increased.  The photo is one of our earlier photos.  (Molly is a near-miss for her name).  I just vsited Dear Downs, one of my “pages,” and had no ideda so many folks had visited it.  (It is not reproduced on ths site).  Sorry I never responded to any of you.

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WE TOOK MOLLY TO SEE THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

The city of Gallipolis has a central park ready-made for a Christmas light extravaganza.  If you happen to be anywhere near this old French-settled town on the Ohio River, take a look during December.  Stupendous!  Molly liked it too, and I suspect Uri our chihuahua puppy did also. Here’s one shot of many:

 

 

 

 

 

 

HO HUM — On the way to see Molly we had to go through the town of Cheshire, owned by the energy company.  Here’s what we saw there: