Hope you feel better. I have a feeling we won't be feeling great at 8:00 tomorrow morning since I'm commenting on your blog after midnight tonight and Richie's not even close to being done with his paper.. hmm.
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.
26 comments:
sharp eyes! it looked like the tree bark!
great take on the theme...
happy hunting!
Yep - a coolest critter, when they don't want you to see them, they do it amazingly well.
Have a great weekend!
Brilliant. that lizard's camouflage is superb. Great shots... I love the bunny too! Have a great weekend
oh my, your second photo really scared me but terrific shot :)
what a wonderful bunny. look so cute. nice shots. mine is up too. please pay a visit. thanks. have a happy weekend.
I love your second shot most! Interesting. Happy weekend (=
A very obliging lizard. Hope you feel better soon. Your exercise stats make me feel a little wobbly. Cycling used to be my thing.
Aileni.
That lizard looks like a carving in silver. How did you see it? Beautiful!
hi marcia! Your I spy photos are great! Good catch on the lizard. Have a great weekend..
I have a lizard too...but I like YOURS better. Bunny, bunny!! I spy you.
Mine is shared....I have two hidden things in two photos...drop by and see if you can find 'em, if you haven't tried yet!! happy weekend....
Good job!
Mama Bear
I love the shot of the lizard blending into the wood. Great choice. I hope you are feeling better soon.
Great cammoflage of the lizard. Nice picture. Get well soon.
Hey marcia, here's wishing you a speedy recovery.
yikes... lizard! *runs*
bunny was easy to see...but the lizard I had to take a good look it's amazing how well the blend to their surroundings......great photos...
what an awesome pciture!
Yes a wonderful little lizard that can camouflage itself! That was great, Marcia! Hope you feel better! :D
Oh how neat!
Very camoflaged!
I played too :)
I'm sorry you haven't felt well and hope you are feeling better.
Not many creature are moving around now.
My photo is up.
Hope you feel better. I have a feeling we won't be feeling great at 8:00 tomorrow morning since I'm commenting on your blog after midnight tonight and Richie's not even close to being done with his paper.. hmm.
great shots!
well done!
That's a cute bunny behind those plants. The second one is a good find. Great camouflage!
Hope you're feeling much better now.
Love the bunny and your little lizard. Enjoyed my visit.
Blessings,
Mary
The bunny looks shy, but the lizard is fierce!! *lol*
Where did you see that lizard?
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