Mixed Nuts: Phone calls from boys

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

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Phone calls from boys

Today, Arlington got a phone call from a boy.

We got home from school, and there was a little boy's voice on the answering machine, asking Arlington to call him.

Arlington was pretty excited. Lucky for me, she is 8, and her excitement was over the fact that one of her really good friends - who recently moved away - was calling to talk to her. NOT because it was a boy.

Hopefully I have more time before that happens.

They talked for about 20 minutes - he told her all about his new school. Arlington told him how all of his old friends were doing. He did ask her what she was wearing. Mat and I smirked at that one.

She went into the office to talk to him - out of the sight (but not hearing range) of her dad and I. It gave me a look into the future. When she chases her sister out of her room, so she can talk on the phone. Today I am wishing she stays 8 for about 20 more years.

A boy! Oh boy.