Unlimited Voices, Vol. 19

UNLIMITED VOICES Reflections and Stories from the Members of Envision Unlimited

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MILLENNIUM PARK ART MARKET

By Jamie P.

Millennium Park Art Market

I love Millennium Park Holiday. It was a gorgeous day on Friday. We had a great time. Really happy one customer sell the rugs for her daughter. Really nice. We had

A Glance at Westtown

chicken with white rice and we had hot chocolate. Taste so good. I love going on outings with Hannah. Makes me feel awesome. Enjoy my day spending time together

Thanksgiving

working. Everybody was looking around at the recycloponies or rug and vest.

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ART MARKET

By Ruth M. and Rosa M. On Friday we sell the ponies at the park. They had a lot of stuff. They had earrings and stuff. I want to make earrings here. Donations, yarn for the shag rug. Jamie, Marcus, Anteneh, Hannah, and Monika sell horses, pillows, rugs. A lot of money.

SHORT ARTICLE FOR ART MARKET

By Marcus W. This is a short article for the Art Market. It was fun when they are a lot of kids at Millennium Park. I sang "Last Christmas," by Wham. It had a lot of fun out there by selling art supplies like legs, horse bodies, eyes, horse patches, and ears. I had a great time out there. The kids are selling rugs, and scissors. The kids are making the rugs are nice and pretty. "I hope I had a wonderful time," I said. "Maybe I'll go again next year!"

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By Lucy P.

I want to talk about what's going on in December.

Christmas - all the nice Christmas snow, all the trimming Christmas tree, all the Christmas songs.

I feel lousy in December because that's my mom's birthday. My mom was born December 14. I know she wanted me to be happy, but her birthday is around Christmas. I feel lousy because she's not around to enjoy it with me. Fun memory - a lot of dogs. Snowball.

That was my dog, Snowball.

I'm looking forward to a Christmas party in December.

Have good, fun stuff to eat. They said they gonna have pizza I think. Marcos' friend John Greenfield, he might get him again to play for us. They'll sing some Christmas carol. I enjoy him.

VOLUNTEERING

By Ruth M.

Me, Sophia, my sister, and Nikko folded clothes. Care center, Evanston. Putting clothes, putting hangars. We had fun.

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SPENDING TIME WITH MY FAMILY FOR THANKSGIVING

CLONITA'S THANKSGIVING

By Jamie P.

I do exercises at home and I like to cook. I

By Clonita B.

like to cook eggs, sausage, hash brown. I like to fry them on the stove and

Wednesday night, my niece came over to my house with her friends. I'm like, so happy to see her. I was behind the door and scared her friend. I said, "Boo!" and she said, "You scared me!" Then her friend said, "Oh my god, you're going to give me a heart attack." She stayed a little bit my house. My niece stayed over over night because it's Thanksgiving. My mom went to the store on Thursday morning and she didn't go to sleep until 4:30 because she had to get ready for the stuff. Then she's cooking food in the store, like turkey. After that, I stayed home and my mom went shopping, like Walmart. She got three boxes with items for the house. After that, she came home. Then I ate a little bit. I didn't eat much. I been watching Netflix. I watch the Parker show. I was not bored. I did not take a shower or nothing. After that, we went to eat at Superdawgs. I got the tenders with french fries and Coke. And then we waited for the longest. I had been watching a movie at home in my room. The end of the morning, it was like 3 o'clock, I started to read my Bible for Thanksgiving. We prayed first, then we eat. We watched movies. My sister put a

everything like that. Sleeping...eating and sleeping. Watching TV. Thanksgiving, I had chicken for Thanksgiving. I had macaroni and cheese. I had sweet potato pie and I had peach pie. And I had greens, and I helped my niece with the corn bread and the candied yams. I had a lot of chance to eat and rest. A lot of eating, a lot of resting. I got to do a lot. Then I brought some leftover Thanksgiving food for lunch.

I brought some of the chili that my other niece made. I brought some for my lunch today. We got rid of the leftover of Thanksgiving food. The only thing left was the greens and the beans. The chicken and peach pie was gone! Our refrigerator was so full, we could barely put nothing in it! We had to put some downstairs in the freezer. That's too much food, boy. Too. Much. My family's like, "Clonita, you got jokes." The basement's like, you can't even close it all the way. Other than that, I been watching TV, watching movies, and sitting back and relaxing. Other than that, I'm cool. Ready to take a nap.

crazy movie where someone like murdered somebody. It freaked me out. I didn't go to sleep until 9:30 or 10, after I brush my teeth. My

Everyone have a happy Christmas and a happy new year.

mom lets me go to sleep at 11:30.

-Clonita D. B.

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GOODBYE JANET I'LL MISS YOU

By Jamie P. I am going to miss Janet because she's beautiful, African American, young woman. I love her attitude. The way she smiles every morning. We do meetings. Talk about good mornings, what you do over the weekend, and doing exercises. We talk about the date, news, holiday. She had her notes about what's going on in the world. She told everybody she would come see us once a day.

I hope she'll be okay at Diversey. I hope. I want her to be healthy, strong, and faith. I don't want nobody to judge her at Diversey. No yelling, no swearing, no hurting, no fighting, no drama. And Janet would be yelling. That's what I like about her. She's the coolest woman to me. Every time I see her, every day, at Westtown, good memories. I feel connected with her for a while at Simons Park. I had a friend there named Jazmine. She told Janet, "You're a good person working at Simons." I feel happy with you working with us, having behaviors with me an Vahid, and then we become friends.

SHORT ARTICLE FOR THANKSGIVING

By Marcus W. This is a short article about Thanksgiving. I am thankful for our family and friends. I ate turkey, stove-top stuffing, greens, cranberry sauce, macaroni & cheese, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, and fried chicken and it was great. I saw my brother over here last Thursday. I had pumpkin pie, cake, ice cream. I had something to drink for dinner. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.

For my family, the forest preserve, and

My sister.

church. -Agnes K.

-Nikko T.

I'm most thankful for the freedom I have, my goal benefits I'm making my The food

way to gradually, and

I eat.

the hand-me-downs

-Luis R.

from my relatives.

-Timothy J. La familia.

-Jose

WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR THIS YEAR? I'm thankful for my sister, my brother, and my friend."

-Christina R.

For my friends, my closest friend is Clonita. She always makes me smile every day I'm alive. We For Christmas Eve. I'm thankful I have a girlfriend.

-Bernard H.

spend together walking. She gives me the giggles.

She says to me, "Don't flirt!" She always talks to me every day. She sits with me, talking to me.

That's what I love about her.

-Jamie P.

Life. I'm thankful for getting my own place pretty soon, I hope.

-Ernest For my mom.

Christmas. -Alan

She's been with me every step of the way.

-Erin

Thanksgiving.

- Margaret

Ever since Covid-19, we came back to work. And I'm thankful for that. I'm thankful for my girlfriend and that I'm here with my friends. I'm thankful for all the Unit Coordinators, Training Hotdog. -Kevin

Counselors, Hannah, and Mirna, and Beverly too. We're thankful

my sister, and my mom.

-Latoria

for them too.

-William

I'm thankful for my daddy, my sister, my other sister Tasha, my brother Eddie, my nephew, my other nephew, my niece, for my friends, and Hannah, Marta, and Melissa, and Anteneh.

I'm thankful

My brothers,

-Valerie

to see my friend.

-Scott

Tree.

-Joseph

I'm thankful for my mama, my niece, my nephew, and my sister. -Sophia Potato chip man!

-Robert

I miss my teacher.

-Christine

I'm thankful I have a job.

My nephew.

-Agustin

-Ronald

Family, friends, and coworkers.

-Yolanda

For coffee, my friends, for Robert, for Lillian, Jean. Pretty soon we'll be getting a Christmas tree, a nice radio at home, the clients in the Janet.

workshop, the clients at my house,

-Larry

Beverly. I'm thankful for cookies, candy, chips, ice cream, pie. I hope we have a good Christmas tree this year.

-Dwight

I'm doing fine.

-Walter Michael Jackson, Selena, and my family. - Mario L.