Feeling at Home

October 16, 2008

Feeling at Home

It was so nice to wake up in our new place this morning. The kids slept fairly well, although Oli kept waking in the middle of the night. I think he needs to get used to his new surroundings. Otherwise, everyone is settling in nicely.

Matt got good news today at work. He had applied for a year long position within the State Department beginning next summer and HE GOT IT!! He is so good at what he does and I think the people around him can see that. I am very proud of him.

Comments

Deanna said…

Hey girl. Glad that you are getting settled in your new place!

Can you fill me in since it's been 10 years.... what does Matt do?

October 16, 2008 at 6:42 PM

kristi_temple said…

That's great news about Matt's job. Glad to hear you are all settling in so well.

October 16, 2008 at 9:51 PM

Kecia said…

I am so happy for you guys!!
May God bless you aways!!

October 17, 2008 at 3:09 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.