688 Comments for Western Center

The ring from this calendar (or one of them) is in the picture before this...


LOL @ Lucielou Yeah...that was my first thought too. GMTA?

This is almost a mirror shot...so odd.

The dark room and the light room...a study in contrasts.

SO many emotions run through me as I gaze upon this photo.

NONONO....there is my SOAP DISPENSER!!!

YAY! I finally found it!!

Sorry...I HAD to...

OMG reading some of these comments...

Rekrats...I am only about 2 inches taller than you are so I would need a small ladder too. That was my first thought when I saw this pic...how in the HECK can you sit on THAT thing!! LOL!

AAAA...now I have a picture in my head of some poor soul getting SUCKED down that thing...never to be heard from again...

TOO FUNNY!!!!!!

Holy heck...I have 2 boys with Autism (granted, they are high-functioning but still disabled) and I would NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER think of abandoning them! They have had their share of difficulties (for sure!) but I have had support of special agencies to deal with the problems that come up, and we STILL have that support for us the parents and for the boys in school AND at home!

On a side note: when I was still pregnant with our 5th child, one of the ultrasounds I had showed something wrong with the ventricles in his brain.They weren't sure if he would have profound mental retardation or other problems because of it, and they tried to prepare me for all possibilities. Fast forward a couple of months later...E. was born on May 18th 2010 at 2:35 pm...the most perfect baby you could imagine. :) We took him to a specialist at 4 months old to see what kind of problems there were/are in his brain...and they found NOTHING. Since it seems that Autism runs on the boys' side of the family, I am expecting him to have some sort of developmental delay when he gets older, but so far, no problems.

My point: I said to the doctors (before he was born and when they found this problem on the ultrasound) that even if he was profoundly disabled, I would care for him and love him no matter what. He is our child and I had grown to love him and I didn't care what problems he had or would have. I told them that we already have 2 disabled boys and I am disabled myself (I have Asperger's Syndrome, oddly enough, and our 2 girls have NO signs of any kind of disability!) so one more disabled child is NO bother for us. :)

I just had to put that story out there.

This is a pretty picture. :)

I had to look up what defenestrated meant...

Jeez Motts thanks a lot! Now you've gone and made me THINK!

Where's the Tylenol...Advil...Vicodin??

@ Larry When our 2nd born (son) was about 3 years old, he developed a kidney infection that landed him (and me!!) in the hospital for nearly a week and about 2 hours from home. The care at this hospital was the BEST that our son could've gotten (it really was top-notch!) but just to see that little boy so sickly in that HUGE hospital crib made my heart break. It really is heart-wrenching isn't it? As for this picture...my heart hurts now and I am going to go cuddle with our newest son, only 7 months old and our 5th child...

There were chairs like this at the last psych hospital I was in! This picture gave me the chills at first, then I read the comments and now I can't stop giggling.

The red chair looks like an outsider, like I was in school...not belonging, but trying hard to belong all the same.

OK I am rambling now...

Uh...I can't add anything witty to these comments lol.

Wow 666...what an ODD number! I know hotels (the ones I have been in anyhow) don't have a 13th floor...something so recognizable as 666 seems out of place here...

Larry I agree- the fan following and comments certainly add to the website! Says a lot about Motts that he takes such amazing photos and get such a response. I just wish the website alerted you to new comments after you post! Then you can follow the thread!

Koenig-that is awesome that you have such good memories of this palace. My brother and sister were handicapped before they both passed away last year-they had neurofibromatosis. My sister was severely handicapped and doctors recommended institutionalizing her but my mom wouldn't do it-she took care of her till her death-2 days before her 26th birthday. I don't thinkmshe would have lived so long if she was institutionalized-it was the love of our family that kept her going for so long. My brother was blind and was hit by a car last year-4weeks after my sister died. Rough year last year...

Actually it is more blue than institutional green-I actually really like that color!

The stainless cabinet held the temperature controls and readouts for the bath water.

This took me by surprise after seeing the pristine condition of the other pics. It looks like the Western Center has not escaped urban decay. What was behind those stainless steel doors on the wall?