What were they thinking putting pinwheels on that poor statue??? :-) Great photos and lovely post. My first WW is up, hope you can drop in to say hi! TM
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.
21 comments:
pretty lilac! happy wordless!!
I love the idea of this post. wonderful. :) nearly EVERYTHING looks better when up close. :)
oh and thanks for visiting me on the photohunt this week.
:-)
It really is great to take the time to look up close. Great images you captured...
What an excellent selection of shots! Happy WW
I also like to look a bit closer at things - at least with the camera :)
great shots!! well done
Mine is up!! Hope you can drop by.
http://www.yourvmodel.com/2008/06/wordless-wednesday-no5-i-miss-him-so.html
Happy WW!!
Fabulous idea for W W!!! Of course being from Texas, I'm partial to the LONGHORN.
Oh....and below? The "Last Day of School" ---great photo too!!! he's a doll. But, I'm sure he knows that without me telling him.
My wordless will 'tickle you'!!
Come by if you can. Happy Wednesday.
I love the way you've gotten in close for these - especially the flowers and plants.
What were they thinking putting pinwheels on that poor statue??? :-) Great photos and lovely post. My first WW is up, hope you can drop in to say hi!
TM
you make me stare , great shots.like the cactus flower.
Happy WW.
Great shots! I really like the cactus flower and the thitstle. They're all super. :D
Beautiful pics :) Happy WW
I love those closeups. Very nice. My wordless site
Marcia, love that you're showing new growth in your close-ups! Happy WW! :D
Well, I was born and raised in Texas but I prefer the Aggies! great pictures - happy WW!
Beautiful close up of the purple flower :)
It looks so soft and delicate.
Lovely shots of nature. :D
I wonder what he thought about having those whirlies hooked to his horns?
Thanks for stopping by my WW.
Very good shots you have here. I love those macro shots. And I wonder what cam you're using.
What a great set of pictures. I loved them all. The close-up on the flowers were probably my favourites.
My WW post is here. Have a great day, and thanks for dropping by!
Oh, and sorry for visiting you so late... Maybe it's still Wednesday somewhere in the world ... ;-)
As close as it gets. Wonders what close-up shots can do. :D
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