{"id":142568,"date":"2022-03-01T15:58:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sugarland\/?p=142568"},"modified":"2022-03-01T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T22:15:49","slug":"discovering-gigis-playhouse-as-a-single-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sugarland\/discovering-gigis-playhouse-as-a-single-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering GiGi’s Playhouse as a Single Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a single mother with two boys.\u00a0 My eldest, Josh, is 23 years old and has Down syndrome.\u00a0 Now being a mother in itself has its challenges, but add to the mix a child with a disability, and not having any daily support.\u00a0\u00a0 Many times I tried to find activities for Josh, but it was often difficult. Finally, I stumbled across an advertisement for GiGi\u2019s Playhouse in a local magazine.\u00a0 I was eager to find out more, and I thank God that I did.\u00a0 It has been the greatest discovery! GiGi\u2019s provides a safe environment where Josh can fellowship with his peers, engage in fun activities, learn and reinforce life skills, positive behaviors, and teamwork participation.\u00a0 It is the best place for Josh to be, and he loves it passionately!\u00a0 It has also brought out the best version of himself. I am truly grateful to the volunteers that guide this program.\u00a0 They are selfless for taking the time out of their busy schedules every week to be a part of such a great program.\u00a0 They embrace every child who comes through the doors with encouragement, appreciation, acceptance, and love! \u00a0GiGi\u2019s Playhouse has opened an arena for meeting wonderful moms and creating new and lasting friendships for us both. I can\u2019t wait to see what God has in store for GiGi\u2019s Sugar Land in the years to come.<\/p>\n

– CHERYL TAPSCOTT, JOSH\u2019S MOM<\/p>\n


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I am a single mother with two boys.\u00a0 My eldest, Josh, is 23 years old and has Down syndrome.\u00a0 Now being a mother in itself has its challenges, but add to the mix a child with a disability, and not having any daily support.\u00a0\u00a0 Many times I tried to find activities for Josh, but it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sugarland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sugarland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sugarland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sugarland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sugarland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sugarland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sugarland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sugarland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sugarland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}