Shades of the past linger here
Through time and distance and space
Our ‘pool’ was bigger,
A lake, a pool, a far distant place
The joy is the same,
The splashing, the laughter, the fun
Soaking up the days
Enjoying every moment in the sun
Tomorrow comes too fast
Yesterday becomes just a dream
Until you see it in your own
And a new yesterday begins to gleam
Six months ago I spoke of a chance
A chance that I was afraid to take.
Afraid of another disappointment,
Afraid to come up empty again.
It took me six months, but I took the leap at one more chance for answers. When we met with the pediatrician last week I asked her to make the appointment. One last specialist, one last chance.
If this one doesn’t have the answers, I’ll have nothing left to grasp for. The only other option is one we must discuss thoroughly because following that path could destroy the strong foundation we have created for her care.
In a few months we’ll go and see and hold our breath and pray for answers. Pray that this doctor has the key to our Angel’s past and future.
I was heading out to get my pop tonight and caught just a glimpse of the sky. I rushed back to grab my camera, knowing that a better view was to be had up the road just a wee bit. So I headed out and snapped away. I have TONS of pictures, but this is the one I’m going to make a print of…it’s so gorgeous all the way!
Weekly Winners is the brainchild of the wonderfully Sarcastic Mom, Lotus
All of these pictures were taken on 6/19/09. Indiana had a severe storm and I hunkered down with my camera and took quite a few. I used my Canon Rebel XTi. Some of them seem blurry because the wind was so strong it was impossible to stay perfectly still – and with it being so dark, the shutter speed was slow.
All of these pictures were taken at 9ish, so it was dark…all of the light comes from the lightning that was constantly flashing!!
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I went to WalMart to pick up a few odds and ends.
Indiana was under a severe storm alert.
When I got to the parking lot I sat there watching the storm roll in, trying to get some lightning pictures with my camera (only one relatively successful one. Need to remember my tripod next time).
By the time I finally headed inside the tornado sirens were going off and the wind was kicking up something fierce. I headed inside as two guys walked up with a hard-top from a truck bed between them – cracked and ripped off the truck it had been on.
I heard the manager on the radio telling other employees to make sure no one else left the store by any door and to get everyone to the middle of the store.
Everyone in the store – full carts, empty carts, paid for bagged up products, and employees alike gathered in the middle of the store. Some people were freaking out crying, others just leaning on clothes racks bored…and just about everyone on cell phones.
Twenty minutes later we got the all-clear and the manager called off the “code black.”
A tornado had touched down a little north of us and was heading right toward us (according to NWS)…but we didn’t get hit.
When I left WM about 30 minutes later there were cars lined up in the no parking zone, people on phones with their insurance agents. One car with the rear windshield blown out, the truck that had lost the bed top, and a couple others.
So tonight was not my average trip to WM. It was far different…
