My grandpa makes dentures for a living. When my sister and I were kids we'd sneak down into my grandparent's basement into his lab and freak ourselves out looking at the rows and rows of scary teeth. That's what this picture reminds me of...It's a strange memory, but a good one! Thanks! :)
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.
35 comments:
Now THAT is an original shot!! :)
That is great!
LOL! What a funny - and original - shot! thanks for a laugh.
Ew...lol!
Nice. When I was five I found my grandmas in a cup I about freaked out. Yeah good memories
Oh this is a funny, funny shot! It reminds me, too, of my uncle who used to soak his dentures in a glass of water before he goes to bed at night :D
I love how the cookies are in the background. Great shot.
Yeah--those cookies in the background really make the shot!! Love it!
I hope I never have to wear those! hee hee
hahahahahaha I am beginning to convince myself not to wear one fo those but I'm not sure if my teeth is that strong....
Ewwwwwwww!!! the cookies plus the fake teeth? Definitely still can eat those cookies using that teeth.
thats attractive;)
LOL!!!
Happy WW!
Great shot! I love all the sweets in the background :)
LOL too funny.. I'm think it won't be too many years away until I'll be investing in a pair. My teeth are so weak. ~sigh~
Happy WW
Lol, watch out you could get bitten there!
Oh, a wonderful shot you've got there!
LOL! How hysterical.
Marvelous shot! I've been getting implants so I don't have to have those terrible dentures...Ugh!
Happy WW
Haha!! Too funny! Thanks for the laugh!
I love the fancy tray with all those looking very yummy cookies set right behind the dentures.
Too funny.
what an interesting shot
That is FUNNY!!!
BTW, I un-Mr.Linkyed you at MTM....can't wait to read your post Friday.
God Bless,
Amber
Oh that's funny - especially with the cookies behind them! Happy WW :)
Looks like a whole boy band :)
I love the irony of it. That is too funny!
Thanks for the laugh.
My grandpa makes dentures for a living. When my sister and I were kids we'd sneak down into my grandparent's basement into his lab and freak ourselves out looking at the rows and rows of scary teeth. That's what this picture reminds me of...It's a strange memory, but a good one! Thanks! :)
That needs to go in a dentist's office. :-O
Hee hee. Strangely makes me crave bubblegum and corn on the cob.
LOL, that is so funny! Great idea for Wordless Wednesday.
Your FL furiends,
ROFL! Now thats a unique WW - thanks for the laugh, and for your visit! Have a great week.
sometimes i wish i had fake teeth. LOL
wow.....
It's like they came in on their own to grab all the cookies!! Like a scary movie.
LOL.....this made us chuckle. Thanks for the laugh.
blessings, kari and kijsa
I must say... that has to be the first denture WW post.
That's priceless!
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