Dont tell me you were actually wearing that!! :-) Happy WW! I loved the name of ur blog and the simple philosophy of 'living in the moment' Best wishes.
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." --Paul Dudley White
************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
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LOL--what was your husband wearing?
Um, nothing like that! LOL!
Dont tell me you were actually wearing that!! :-)
Happy WW!
I loved the name of ur blog and the simple philosophy of 'living in the moment'
Best wishes.
Did you actually wear that on your first meeting? lol.
Well it worked! Happy WW
Oh that's too funny :-) I wasn't wearing anything like that!
This is great! What an icebreaking outfit! He must have a good sense of humor, too.
Oh my! The caption made me spit coffee! Too funny!
LOL... I love it. Maybe I should dress up like a clown... then maybe I'd meet my future husband. Haha.
Happy WW. Drop in over at my blog :o)
I always wear the same thing... a black fur coat and a collar, ArF, Bark. Visit my WW on my doggy bloggy... it's cool.
That is wild!!! Happy WW!! Fellow Texan here!!
You were wearing that? Kind of funny.
I like your header image - the clouds are so nice.
That is funny.
Thanks for visiting my blog!
How funny! And I really enjoyed looking at your anniversary pictures below. What a fun post!
LOL, I imagine this is a true story, how wonderful! what was he wearing??
I was in Valencia for one of the America's Cup's races, it's a beautiful place, I can see why your son loves it so much :)
Like I remember? Are you serious? That was 5783 years ago!
OOOOOOOOh, but if that's what you were wearing...great!
Wow, so that's what I have to wear in order to meet my future husband? Good to know! ;-)
Thanks for stopping by my WW!!
No way! Did that set a precedent for many years to come, or what?
Too funny! I'm curious as to what he was wearing. And I can tell you that I wasn't wearing anything like that!
Thanks for stopping by my blog! Happy WW!
Great story! Obviously he was looking for a partner with a sense of humor! Thanks for stopping by and happy WW!
I was wearing that and he still asked me out:> and yes, we laugh a lot
Heh, and he still asked you out. wow. Just kidding. And it makes a great story later!
a floral dress to fit the theme of his sister's wedding :-)
Cute pic...thanks for visiting my blog!
God bless,
Sallie
Cute! Thanks for cruising by my place today.
Happy WW!
how fitting, he definately knew what he was getting into! Adventure!
Thank you for stopping by, you look like a clown...smile
no way!
Oh that is too funny - is it true? Great photo! :)
great idea! what was your husband wearing?
i tag you and can we exchange links too? thanks
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