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Church offers respite and relaxation to special-needs children and parents
Kids have a safe zone to play while parents have a night out
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Mica Anderson, 6, eats with Caylee Wagner, 11, during the respite program at Lakewood Baptist Church in Gainesville. - photo by Erin O. Smith
In December 2010, Debbie Mott and her husband got the news many couples hope to hear: Debbie was expecting their first child. “We were very excited,” Mott said. “We got very excited about what that meant for us, and we started envisioning life with our little peanut.”