And Away We Go

August 17, 2008

And Away We Go

We are leaving for DC today. We will be in a hotel for 2 days before moving into our temporary apartment. We will begin our house hunt as soon as we arrive. We are hoping to find the "perfect" house at a good deal all ready for us to move into. (I may be dreaming a little.) But, it would sure be nice if we could settle into a home. That is our desire.

Comments

bome62 said…

Safe travels & finding the right home is my prayer.
Praying in Missouri

August 17, 2008 at 1:45 PM

DAN BUCK said…

Praying for you and thinking of you daily. The Buck family loves you so much!

Courtney and Dan

P.S. Happy 10th!!!

August 17, 2008 at 9:37 PM

Christine said…

I will pray for your needs as you transition back! Checking your blog frequently.

August 17, 2008 at 10:36 PM

kristi_temple said…

There is nothing wrong with praying specifically. That's what I am going to do for you. Remember, with God nothing will bw impossible.

Mike and Kristi Temple

August 18, 2008 at 3:41 PM

Hummel Family said…

Praying that God would lead you to that "perfect" place!!! Your family certainly deserve it!

August 18, 2008 at 11:43 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.