Post by Chester on Oct 14, 2005 21:32:24 GMT -5
We just got back from a short vacation at a HUGE waterpark in Wisconsin Dells.......tons of people, tons of activity, tons of fun.
I was playing in a shallow area with our little guy, and a life guard came up to us and said "hey I remember you guys. You've been here before, like a year ago." Yep, it was a year ago that we were there, our state teachers convention.
The more I thought about what he said the more it made me realize that we must REALLY stand out for him to have remembered us. Heck, there were times that I could only pick out my older kids by the color of their swim suits, because when everyone is wet and flying by on tubes they start to all look alike.
I've decided to take my thoughts down the positive road, and not the paranoid road. (I could go down the paranoid road pretty quickly, I don't like being the center of attention, I don't like standing out.) I look at my kids and see just that, my kids, my family.... I don't see anything differently than any other family.
My thoughts are still a bit jumbled on this, but it hit me for the first time that we are a "different" family. I wish I would have had the sense to ask the lifeguard why he remembered us. In my head different doesn't have to be a bad thing, it can be a very very great thing.
Our attitude towards our family can have an impact on other people......even busy busy lifeguards that we never spoke to a year earlier.
I was playing in a shallow area with our little guy, and a life guard came up to us and said "hey I remember you guys. You've been here before, like a year ago." Yep, it was a year ago that we were there, our state teachers convention.
The more I thought about what he said the more it made me realize that we must REALLY stand out for him to have remembered us. Heck, there were times that I could only pick out my older kids by the color of their swim suits, because when everyone is wet and flying by on tubes they start to all look alike.
I've decided to take my thoughts down the positive road, and not the paranoid road. (I could go down the paranoid road pretty quickly, I don't like being the center of attention, I don't like standing out.) I look at my kids and see just that, my kids, my family.... I don't see anything differently than any other family.
My thoughts are still a bit jumbled on this, but it hit me for the first time that we are a "different" family. I wish I would have had the sense to ask the lifeguard why he remembered us. In my head different doesn't have to be a bad thing, it can be a very very great thing.
Our attitude towards our family can have an impact on other people......even busy busy lifeguards that we never spoke to a year earlier.
. My eyes are drawn to special needs kids, they're family ;D
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Susan, Proud mom of Michael (32), Justin (25) Emily (22ds), and Jordan (20).
