Author M.M. Shelley

             I've done a lot of volunteer work, different causes, but there is one organization that I have known about since I was a young girl. The Special Olympics.   I have two uncles who were born with special needs. They will never be able to live on their own. My grandmother always wanted my uncles, Michael and Marty to be involved in activities. The one activity that they both seemed to enjoy was bowling. My grandmother enrolled them in the Lincoln Lions bowling league. The league also hosted dances and Christmas parties, plenty to keep them active. The league turned out to be a place that my grandmother was able to talk to other parents about the needs of their children, these women became some of her closes friends. After my grandmother's unexpected death, her remaining children wanted my uncles Michael and Marty's lives to remain intact as much as possible.   It was very difficult for my grandfather to take care of Michael and Marty because he himself was in a wh