Last night driving Wil home from the first Special Olympics golf of the season (he was in a high mood as he loves SOMI golf and was counting the days until it started again) he started calling me by my full name of Christie Leigh Taylor and cracking himself up.

“That’s Mom to you sir!” I said.

He laughed and repeated Christie Leigh Taylor several times in a row.

“Ok Willy Jimmy,” I said (Wil’s middle name is James).

“Willy Jimmy?” He asked. Then getting it he cracked up once again.

Back and forth we went— Christie Leigh Taylor on repeat and Willy Jimmy on repeat. We progressed to inserting our names into song lyrics. Then Wil came up with Christie Lee Murphy (after country singer David Lee Murphy) and about lost control of himself with belly laughs.

Wil is just so fun. There is no car ride that is without a made-up game, songs or laughs.

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Christie Taylor is the creator of the website, www.WILingness.com, and author of "Stories of Wil: Puberty Part 1" (Amazon.com: amzn.to/30mFoZ5) Christie believes that if we all had the opportunity to spend a day with our loved ones with Down syndrome, many of the stereotypes and stigmas would dissipate. Christie invites you, through her stories, to spend a day with Wil. The more the merrier!

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