Mixed Nuts: Randoms

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Friday, September 9, 2011

Randoms

This morning I had a meeting for the garden club. My new friend, Maria, and I joined the local Garden club and have already been helping different areas around town. Today we gathered at Kimball Farms (which is totally yummy and cute) for breakfast and to sign up for the committees we wanted to be on. It was great to sit and chat and be kid free for awhile. That was my first experience with that. Loved it.

I was able to pick up a birthday present for my mother-in-law while I was there too. I loved being able to get her some local goodies. Her birthday was awhile ago, yes, but she has been away taking care of my sister-in-law Teen who is due with her second baby any day now. So I was waiting to get something a little closer to her return home. It was fun shopping for her.

I spent the rest of the day working in the yard. It is coming along. The progress is slow, but I think it is going to look great in the end. I am not going to take any pictures until it is all the way done in at least the front, so you may not get to see those for awhile. Right now it looks like a mine field out there. Holes everywhere.

This is the wood pecker who is pecking at the light pole at the end of our driveway.

The kids had another great day at school. Arlington and Finley came home full of stories. Finley started her braille classes today. And Monday she is going to be going through the halls with her cane with her orientation and movement specialist. She was kind of excited about that, so that was good. Arlington had a special celebration in her class today because it was the third day of third grade. That is cute. Cainan - well he had a good day as far as I could tell. Typical boy - couldn't tell me a thing he did today - nor did he care to remember. He was just interested in getting to his toys. Said his day was good, and could he play with his superheroes. So.....there you go.

Tonight Mat is back from a trip away. He was in NYC and then down in our old stomping grounds in Connecticut at a meeting. It is nice to have him home after being gone a few days.

Tomorrow is another busy day. I am volunteering my nursing services for a Girl Scout camp from 9-4 tomorrow. That should be interesting. Mat has a few meetings with neighborhood folks, and tomorrow is our monthly teleconference with the RDH12 families. I am sorry I am going to miss that. I will be anxious to hear what the other families are up to and how their kids are doing. Plus - we found ANOTHER family! And the best part? This family has a 22 year old child with RDH12 LCA, and they still have some sight! We were amazed. This is kind of unusual, but it gives us hope that we might get longer than we expect if a cure takes longer than we expect. WE are anxious to learn more about this family tomorrow.