Happy Mother's Day!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there. We hope you have a wonderful day.

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bome62 said…

Happy Mother's Day Shannon
God Bless!

Bonnie
Washington, Missouri

May 11, 2008 at 9:17 AM

erin heiser said…

Happy Mother's Day to you, Shannon! Sending lots of love, prayers, and good energy your direction! Erin

May 11, 2008 at 10:55 AM

Mike and Sarah said…

I've been thinking of you and praying for you today. Happy Mother's Day!

May 11, 2008 at 6:02 PM

rubberpoultry said…

A very happy Mother's day to you Shannon. You've been on my mind many times throughout the day. What an incredible mother you are. Oliver and Waverly are so blessed to have you in their lives.

Jason

May 11, 2008 at 8:17 PM

Tari Reph said…

Hi Shannon and Matt. Guy and I just want you to know that your family continues to be in our prayers. We pray that He gives you wisdom as you make these important decisions.

May 12, 2008 at 8:25 AM

Amy B said…

Hope you had a good mama's day...

Amy

May 12, 2008 at 7:59 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.