Teaser

August 18, 2007

Teaser

So, we have yet to have internet in our flat. I have been fighting with the evil BT (has a total monopoly on phone & broadband lines) and it is going to be at least another 2 weeks. We are all doing well. Oliver is now sitting up and seems like he grew up so much the past few weeks. Waverly has given up her naps and is having a bit of a tough time adjusting to our new home. We are trying to plan a get away for one of the holiday weekends coming up. We are ready to escape London and explore Europe. I can't wait to get back into contact with all of you!!

Comments

Laura said…

Thanks for the teaser! Was wondering how things were. Big boy, Oliver! Sitting up! And we'll be praying for Wavey-bug.

August 19, 2007 at 3:59 AM

Unknown said…

hey matt
this is paul (Telugu.. :) )
from DC
hope things are fine with u and family..
just wanted to say hi
i had been so busy here..i bet it has been busy for u too ..
had sent an email to u at the address u had given...hopefully it is still working..
all the best..
say my hi to shannon and kids..
pl

August 20, 2007 at 12:21 PM

Ellen said…

i'm so OCD, that I keep checking, whether you update or not!!! i'm excited for you to be in regular communication again! :)

August 20, 2007 at 6:11 PM

Anonymous said…

I miss hearing about your life!!!!

August 22, 2007 at 4:23 PM

test said…

Man, this sucks worse than waiting for LOST to return.

Although, frankly, unless Oliver turns into an Other, you're not going to be very competitive come January.

August 28, 2007 at 11:45 PM

Welcome to Holland

By Emily Perl Kingsley

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 out 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....and 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 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.