Thanks for the visit, you have a nice blog, your picture stories are nice. Your fellow Texan, JIm http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/ http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/ ..
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.
36 comments:
happy WW
I guess I need words...I don't get it....
Nope, I don't think everyone does.
Interesting pictures though!
let me guess: are those leaves on foreground?
somethings i love, some i barely tolerate...;^J
Happy WW!
Interesting shots, what's going on here?
Good picture gallery. Happy WW.
This is lovely. I love the bearded man!
Goodly photos... what is the story on the last one, though?
Nice shots. Happy WW
I love the kids' photos. They look delightful.
great series of photos. Happy WW
Happy WW! :)
They're abslutely enjoying it, don't they? BTW, your daughter is gorgeous.
Happy WW.
Happy WW. Enjoy...
Wonderful photos. Glad you were able to take advantage of a wonderful sunny day.
Your kids are very lovely, especially your daughter (= Happy WW!
Lovely photos.
Happy WW! :-)
They're all beautiful -- but that second one -- wow.
Great set of photos! I like end of the day sun; always give beautiful tones to photos. :-)
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I love the afternoon sun theme -- and you executed it beautifully. Happy WW, and thanks for stopping by to look at my WW post.
Beautiful WW!!
very cool!
Such beautiful photos of your kids!
Mine is up here;
Wordless Wednesday
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Great photos, love the dirty face! Happy WW!
Who needs to get it? Great pictures! I like the messy face shot the best. It makes me feel right at home!
Cute! Happy WW!
Lovely pics! I like the second one, she has the look for movies!
Mine is up.
Your kids are very attractive and the last one...is that an exposure issue?? *scratching my head*
Such beautiful children. Including the one with the dirty face. Or is that chocolate? A no-hands approach to chocolate cake maybe?
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Great pictures...how come boys are always the messiest? hehe...thanks for sharing the pictures!
The kids looks happy! :) Happy WW!
beautiful sunny photos! a gorgeous autumn sun.
beautiful!!!
Hi JIMG -- Happy WW!
Thanks for the visit, you have a nice blog, your picture stories are nice.
Your fellow Texan, JIm
http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/
http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/
..
interesing pictures.
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