Karen and I would like to announce the graduation of a special kid that many of you have helped to raise. When I came to Mudcat, Tristan had just started school. Pretty early on a lot of you offered lots of great advice which we really needed. One day, worrying over how he would ever learn to ride a bike, we found some special training aids available only in England. Within two hours of posting the problem, Gervase had already bought and paid for a set and was having them shipped.

Mudcat has always been a special place.

So this past weekend he graduated........THREE PICS   He has done well in all his SE classses and is a hard worker out at the job sites. He will be contnuing along in the postgrad program for another year or two. We only get this one bite at the education apple and we need to take advantage of it. Tris can do some basic addition and subtraction and can write his "boilerplate info" very legibly and has OVER 200 sight words giving him the ability to read some short phrases.. His life skills are excellent and he is very well liked by all who meet him. He functions at about a 6 year old level overall but he has some special skills where he really shines.

I thank all of you for every ear you have given me and every piece of advice that was given. And I thank all of you for caring for our special lad and the interest you have shown over the years. Karen and I have but one thing to say........

Thank You


Pat and Karen