Don't get me wrong, Christmas break is great. In my opinion, it comes at the perfect time in the school year. You start out, way back in September, with the hub-bub of the schoolday morning. You rise, wake the sleepy children and set out on your quest to get yourself and your not-very-happy-to-be-dragged-out-of-bed children through the regiment of hair brushing, showers, breakfast, snack-making, backpack loading, snowpants/coats/boots/hats/mittens/etc. donned.....all in a matter of 30 or so minutes. You do this day, after day, after day, until you're about ready to say 'the heck with it all!'
Then comes the glorious Christmas break. You get to slow down from the everyday chaos of getting kids off to school before the sun rises. You get to enjoy your family, spend some quality time with your children, reacquaint your self with who they really are when they're not yelling for you to find their lost mitten because the bus is coming around the corner. It's quite refreshing.
We had 18 days of break this year. 18 days of quality time & re acquaintance. And now we're back into the chaotic schoolday morning routine. After 18 days, though, the idea of getting back into the routine becomes strangely refreshing and enjoyable. All four of the kids are in school today and that leaves me wondering: what do I do now? Where do I start? What next? I have the next 2.5 hours to myself....what now?
I have plenty of housework to do, that's for sure. But for the next 2.5 hours I think I'll..........just go. Just be me. Just be.
I'm going to head out on Hwy 10 and go to Kohls/Target/Walmart/JCPenney's/Caribou. Maybe all of them, maybe some of them, maybe none of them. I may just drive and enjoy my favorite cd until I have to turn around & head back home. Whatever happens, I'm thankful for the 18 days of Christmas break that I got to have with my kids. And I'm thankful for the fact that they're all in school right now, giving me some much needed freedom! ;)
Now, my van is warming up so I better go somewhere fast, before I asphyxiate the cute little mouse that's hunkered down for the winter under the step in our garage.
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- The Visser Family
- Our's is a family of six. Not too big, not too small. Brady is our oldest at 15 years old. Ellie, our only daughter, is now 9 years old. Michael is 6.5 years old and Andrew, the baby of the family, is 5. Andrew holds a special place in our family, not only because he's the youngest member, but because he was born with Trisomy 21, otherwise known as Down Syndrome. One extra chromosome on the 21st pair. Down Syndrome is the most common genetic anomally, occuring in 1 out of every 500 or so births each year. Unfortunately, due to society's misunderstood notions of Down Syndrome, many women abort their babies when given even a speculative prenatal diagnosis. Hopefully, this blog will help people understand that a diagnosis of Down Syndrome is not the end of the world...it's the beginning of a new, better world.
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I wish the world could see you as I see you
Wish they knew the joys you've brought to me
So many people quick to judge us
and see you as someone who shouldn't be
They tell me that your life is not worth living
if they were I, they would have never let you live
They cannot know the thing it is that we know
They will never know how much you have to give
They talk a lot of sacrifice and burden
They imagine that your being is our loss
How can they know you saved me when you found me
when I never even knew that I was lost.
True enough, my world has changed forever
nothing in it is as it was so long ago
Your entry in our world has changed so many things
but none so much as they have changed my soul.
Why do we live our lives at all, then,
if there is some race that we must finish first
Why do we deny ourselves it all when we drown so that we may quench our thirst
You taught me to stop and smell the tulips
they are different than the roses, this is true,
their scent is in my every pore now
I never would have known them without you
To all the many people who would not choose you
who think your life is somehow tragedy
I say you have outlived them and outloved them
I am grateful God chose you just for me
You love your life and everyone thats in it
you shine your light without knowing that you do
Illuminate the darkness with your sparkle
my child, my love, my life, thank God for you.
~ Author Unknown ~
I wish the world could see you as I see you
Wish they knew the joys you've brought to me
So many people quick to judge us
and see you as someone who shouldn't be
They tell me that your life is not worth living
if they were I, they would have never let you live
They cannot know the thing it is that we know
They will never know how much you have to give
They talk a lot of sacrifice and burden
They imagine that your being is our loss
How can they know you saved me when you found me
when I never even knew that I was lost.
True enough, my world has changed forever
nothing in it is as it was so long ago
Your entry in our world has changed so many things
but none so much as they have changed my soul.
Why do we live our lives at all, then,
if there is some race that we must finish first
Why do we deny ourselves it all when we drown so that we may quench our thirst
You taught me to stop and smell the tulips
they are different than the roses, this is true,
their scent is in my every pore now
I never would have known them without you
To all the many people who would not choose you
who think your life is somehow tragedy
I say you have outlived them and outloved them
I am grateful God chose you just for me
You love your life and everyone thats in it
you shine your light without knowing that you do
Illuminate the darkness with your sparkle
my child, my love, my life, thank God for you.
~ Author Unknown ~