"And dont ever complain
about growing old,
so many people never
get the chance"
I got that from em. And i think that it speaks alot of truth... I have been thinking alot lately... I know its weird. But as we all get older i find that we are all going in different directions. And its not easy. And at certain points in our lives we all will or have gone through something that changes us. And shapes us into the people that we become...
I am learning the hard way that life just isn't fair...
This is the way i am starting to see things... I have had this plan in my head. Ever since i was little. It was grow up and go to college and make alot of money and get married and have kids. But i am now understanding that things just aren;t that easy. And in all honesty it probably won't happen anything like my plan.
read this: it applies to more than she just says
"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."
i know that this is a.d.d. But i can't stop thinking about the car crash yesterday. No i didn't know him but it affected me. And it bring back to many bad memories of when ben died. I NEVER talk about it. it's just to hard. becasue to be honest i still don't fully accept it... i don't think i ever will. I want to but i just can't i know that he is in a better place but i just can't accept it... loosing ben changed me alot... and i mean alot... it made me shut down a part of myself.. a part of me that was the adventurous and daring person. It made me become over protective.. and worried all the time.. its hard to think that i won't ever see him again...
this point to all of my rambling is... that i know that as we all grow older we are all going to go different ways.. and even though at some point s we all may not like one another we all need to be there for one another.. .wether we like it or not. we shouldn't ever leave angry at one another...becasue we are not promised tom. and i just don't want anything bad to happen to any of you all becasue i love you all very much... its always been us 5.. and i want it to be like that forever!..
ok i think i am done for now... LOL