I am on a wonderful trip for many purposes of which I will write later but today here is a pic at my College Alma Mater (& hubby's) we visited today --Lots of Wonderful Memories --- isn't it so pretty here. '
Hi JimG, you went to a school in a very pretty place. With a hundred guesses I'll bet I could figure out why you left.
Thanks for posting (and blogging) on the road. Mrs. Jim and I do that when we can, we always take a couple of laptops along.
Probably will have to post ahead myself come the end of October. We will be overnighting at a hotel in Huehuetenango, Guatelala, for a week.
Since we don't know what hotel yet, there's only a 20-80 chance of having WiFi. Last year there were three on-line computers in the lobby. I could just barely report in with my three minutes [:-)].
We are helping out at an orphanage there, about ten (or so) will be on a 'mission trip' and will spend out days with the kids or tools to make things better for them.
Anyway, thanks for peeking in on my reflection pond in the bend of the creek and for leaving your nice comment. ..
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.
15 comments:
It does indeed look like a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing and happy SWF!
Beautifully framed sky!
Spectacular scenery - an uplifting location for learning.
What a beautiful, rugged place! Can't wait to hear about your travels, Marcia. God bless.
lovely!
That's a gorgeous shot. Simply beautiful.
Hi JimG, you went to a school in a very pretty place. With a hundred guesses I'll bet I could figure out why you left.
Thanks for posting (and blogging) on the road. Mrs. Jim and I do that when we can, we always take a couple of laptops along.
Probably will have to post ahead myself come the end of October. We will be overnighting at a hotel in Huehuetenango, Guatelala, for a week.
Since we don't know what hotel yet, there's only a 20-80 chance of having WiFi. Last year there were three on-line computers in the lobby. I could just barely report in with my three minutes [:-)].
We are helping out at an orphanage there, about ten (or so) will be on a 'mission trip' and will spend out days with the kids or tools to make things better for them.
Anyway, thanks for peeking in on my reflection pond in the bend of the creek and for leaving your nice comment.
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Are those trees pointing to heaven? It sure looks like it. :-)
Oh my what a beautiful scenic photo.
Yes, it IS so pretty there! Wonderful scenery and terrific capture!
Those cyprès always remind me Tuscany in Italy.
This place looks so nice. Have a pleasant trip.
Looks like Arizona??? Glad you're having a great visit. :D
I agree it is pretty here.
Lovely crisp sky to frame the Cypressus.
That IS beautifully framed!!
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