Hi! My name's Treasure, and I am eight years old. I live in Ponca City, Oklahoma, with my folks, and my brothers and sisters.

I love to sing, read books, go to the movies with friends, go out to eat with my family, or talk on the phone. I also love to play on the computer (with momma's supervision, of course; I can't do it by myself).

I am like a typical eight year old in many ways except one: I have cerebral palsy. It's something I've had to live with since I was born, and I think I do pretty good, all things considering. There's many kids with CP who are a lot worse off than me.

I can walk, but I  use crutches. My crutches are bright neon green. They're cool looking. I wear braces on my legs, too. If I didn't have any of these things I couldn't get around that well.

I sometimes use a wheelchair (like at school, or at the mall), but I usually just use my crutches. I call them my extra legs because that's how they act. They help me to walk better than I do.

I was adopted from Mexico when I was three. I have been with my familly for five years now, and I love them all very much. Let's see: I have my momma, my daddy (I call him Pappa), two brothers (Celt, 12) and Grafton (10), and my sisters Tine (9), and Kinsey (6; real name's McKinsie, but we call her Kinsey for short). I also have my cat "Freckles" and my hamster "Butterball".

I don't really think all that much about being adopted, but I am glad that I have a family who loved me enough to take me as their own. I lived in an orphanage since shortly after I was born; I guess people didn't want me because I was born handicapped, which is a shame.

I speak English as well as Spanish. I love all types of food: Mexican (my favorite, yum!!), Cajun, Italian, Greek, even good ol' American. I like to eat; you can see that when you see me; I'm rather fat for my age. I also love to play with my dolls, play pretend games, play hide and seek, and adapted sports like softball and baseball. I'm a good hitter, even with my CP.

I can knock the ball right out of the park; I've hit a good home run or two since starting with the softball/baseball! :)

You ought to see me run on my crutches! I'm FAST; I'm faster than a cheetah! :)

Well, I will write in here again, gotta' go to my next class, which is reading comprehension. It's hard, but I still have fun in that class. See you!

~Treasure Renata Guadalupe Ortiz, aged 8. :)