Starting a Scholarshop foundation in Mari’s honor.
To find out more about the foundation I plan to start, please click on the page at the top of the website titled "Scholarship". If you would like to donate to this cause, please click the donate button.
I have included a meter to show the progress we are making towards one full scholarship. To find out more details, please see the "Scholarship" page at the top of the website.
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on November 30th, 2008%
This tribute was written by a very special teacher. She was not Mari’s first teacher but she was the first teacher to truly help my daughter like no other teacher had. Her name is Julie Ahlbach. Before Mari came to her classroom I don’t believe she had a lot of experience with children who had autism, let alone as severe as my daughter’s was. I was always the advocate for Mari and I fought to get my daughter into an all day program before most children were aloud to. Mari’s teacher before Julie told me one time . . . → Click Here To Read More: A tribute from a very special teacher
Recently I was approached and asked if I would like to put my feelings and thoughts about Mari into words here on this blog.
I guess the best place to start is at the beginning. Mari’s mother and i met over 2 yrs ago and created an instant bond because my son Brian (who is 9 now) has autism also.
So as our friendship grew we would rely on each other for support by comparing our experiences no matter what time of day or night regardless of the different time zones. You see I live here in Buffalo, NY.
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