Clear Sky

Clear Sky has a wide smile, friendly laughter, and warm giving hugs!  She is also the friend I will share a beer with!

Clear Sky works with us at the Center and we've known her for four years.  She has a few jobs.  She does the substituting when a DSP (Direct Support Person) is gone, she drives the Center's Van for outings and errands, she helps the regular cleaning lady keep up with the bigger tasks, and she does practical things like replacing flourescent lights, cutting the grass, and painting the shed.  After she finishes her work, she goes to her second job where she is a park program coach for folks with developmental disabilities. 

Clear Sky's home was originally Guatemala.  She came to the United States when she was 17.  She lived with her brother and began to work.  She fell in love a couple of times and had her family.  She has a 19 year old daughter who is in her second year of college, and she has a six year old daughter who is starting the first grade. 

Clear Sky doesn't think her English is so good, but we seem to understand each other.  She teases me for sitting around in my office on the computer all day.  She says, "You gotta get up and do things!"  Clear Sky, can be a tough taskmaster, but she's better at teasing and coaxing.  She wants the individuals she works with to learn useful things.  She also thinks that people should all be treated fairly.

Clear Sky is very dedicated to the people she loves.  She likes to worry over us and tells us when we should be making life more simple.  Sometimes we are at her house for a real dinner, conversation, and a beer.  Then, we will go to the porch and be joined by her mother and husband in watching the kids play out front.  We don't understand the Spanish, but words are not always important.  Clear Sky shows us how to relax and enjoy the bounty.