Thank You & My Son is an Adult

I want to just stop and say Jefferys Graduation was so much more for Jeff and me with all of you that were able to show up. I can not Thank You all enough it felt so nice to be there and not alone.

So how do I feel now my son is graduated from school? I had this feeling the other day that really hit me hard with the thought that my baby boy Jeffery is old enough to get married and have kids and move on and start his adult life. I guess I never thought of my child getting to the point he can do all these adult things. It really makes me sad! I know Jeffery will always be apart of my life and I will always be mom to him but it all changes in a flash. I guess I can sayI was real lucky with Jeffery there has been many times he could have took the wrong road.

Now it's time to watch him mature as an adult............ to be continued

Jeffery Robert Click

Dear Family & Friends:

I want to do something a little different from the norm. It's not that I didn't want to do the whole fancy invitations it is because Jeffery wouldn't decide if he wanted to do the whole graduation ceremony thing until it was too late.

I want to tell you about my wonderful son Jeffery who is getting ready to Graduate from La Grande High School and Seminary. Jeffery started going to school when he was 3 yrs old. He attend class 4 days a week not because he was slow because he was actually 90% deaf and could not hear. He had the best Teacher for 2 years. He really took Jeffery in and tried to assist him with learning to talk. Jeffery also went to speech therapy for those 2 years he started with a volcalbulary of 20 words. Jeffery then attended Kindergarten at age 5 and did not do so well. His teacher didn't understand how to deal with a child who was hearing impaired and Jeffery fell back in school. When he was 6 he was held back and again it was not a success. Jeffery stared attending 1st grade through 5th in Ririe which they were very unprepared for a child who was hearing impaired and wearing hearing aides. Jeffery never did like those hearing aide. It was a real eye opener for everyone including me. Jeffery was frustrated and always getting into some kind of trouble. One thing that stands out in my mind is Jeffery was on a field trip and while at a rest stop he saw a wildfire in the distance so he called 911 on the payphone to report it. He was just doing what he learned by calling 911 if he sees a fire. I can say the school was not at all happy. I stayed busy fighting the school about educating him. I filled complaint after complaint with the State of Idaho about education my son with a disability. I learned a lot and when it was all over I think they were happy to see us move. Jeffery's years in school always started with me educating teachers on his hearing impairment and him refusing to wear hearing aides. I think last year was the last time I had to go educate the teachers, His senior year I never had to. In his senior year he had made the Honor Roll, went to his first Prom and decided he wanted to go on a Mission with the Church. He has really grown to be a Young Man! In all of Jeffery's years I can not remember a time he really missed any time of school until this year. That is only because he has pneumonia and was forced to stay home for a week even when everyday he wanted to go because he said he would get behind on his studies. Jeffery has really beat the odds of a child who had a disability and was behind in school really never developed friendships in school.

You probably ask why didn't he wear his hearing aides over the years. Jeff never accepted wearing them they were over the ear ones and then when he was 15 he got in the ear ones but he never wanted to wear them. Jeffery adjusted to his world by reading lips and was a pro at it. Jeffery also never accepted he was hearing impaired until he was 17 when he came home and said "Mom I can't hear the teacher" I knew then he had come to accept this.

Jeffery is not any ordinary kid. He is a kid who goes to church every Sunday and would never miss a Sunday. He attended Seminary in school and will Graduate on Sunday. Yes he doesn't sing, dance, act, join clubs, play instruments but he does help members in the church where ever needed. He volunteers at every chance. Jeffery is a one of a kind kid. Jeffery has helped two friends become members of the church and has been blessed with baptizing 1 them. Jeffery is now in the processes of Apply to go on his mission this summer. The only claim to fame he says he has is he was born on the day Mt St Helen's Blew in 1980.

A few tibits about Jeffery

His name use to be Jeffery Robert Buckholz until he changed his name on his own to Click.

Jeffery earned and paid for his 1st car.

Jeffery was so fat as a little baby he couldn't walk.

Jeffery went on the Mormon Trek and pulled a hand cart a majority of the time

Jeffery was in scouts for years

Jeffery learned sign language when he was 14

Jeffery has a sense of humor and loves to play practical jokes on anyone

Jeffery has a dog who is his best friend and has taught him all his tricks. Jeffery does not part from his dog. One time Jeff went to visit Janet and she would not allow the dog to come inside so he slept out in the barn with his dog.

Jeffery can squeeze 10 cents out of a penny, He doesn't like to spend money just save.

Jeffery is very athletic and placed 7th in the State wrestling in the 8th grade.

I Love my son dearly and so proud of all his accomplishments!

You are all Invited to attend:

Jeffery Robert Clicks Graduation

La Grande High School

May 22, 2010

6pm

Seminary Graduation

La Grande Stake Center

May 23, 2010

5pm

Please share this with all family members for I do not have address for them.

Socks/House Cleaning/Flowers

No-one and I mean no one has as many socks as I found in my 3 sock drawers. It was almost like a invasion of socks and half of them had either holes, weren't my size or didn't have matches. I think I threw out about 100 pair and the whole time I was thinking I could find someone who could could wear them so maybe I should hole on to them. Then I remembered I hoared things and need to learn to part from them. That is probably why I had so many I as afraid to let them go.

So I am on the cleaning mood I set out to organize my shoes and found shoes I have not worn in 4 years or more. Tell ya what I just could not part from the shoes. I was tempted to go put them up on the levy for the homeless but then again I remember I recently put some cans up their and the old people walking picked them up. Not the homeless people I see all day walking by.

SO then I started cleaning the place I mean really cleaning. I would swear very corner of this place had cob webs. Top to bottom they were everywhere. Top to bottom they were there. I THEN SHAMPOOED THE carpets and mopped all the hard wood floors and then I found myself washing the walls on the outside. i think the neighbors thought I was nuts o.

Now to my flowers. In front of my place is a nice rock garden with 2 rose bushes. I don't care much for roses never have. I decided to buy some flowers to plant on the edge to make it more homely. OH NO YOU DON'T THE LANDLORD SAYS. They just don't like the idea of that and I am more then welcome to plant them in pots. So I did 4 different ones. I like this better almost because then I can better tend to them. Plants and flowers are like pets to me. They just never make noise. What gets me is would you not think it could better the way the place looks?