“I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.” ― Little Women

a few of my favorite quotes

"Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music; perhaps . . . perhaps . . . love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath."
— L.M Montgomery

" I want to marry a man prepared to swim against the tide"
- Elizabeth Elliot

"Hands are the thermometer of the heart.
And a heart that burns for it’s First Love — it flows like mercury to the hands that then reach out to warm a numbed world." Ann Voskamp

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr. Seuss

"I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a strings. –l.M Montgomery

"The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman.- Elizabeth Elliot

"Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself." –Elizabeth Elliot

I acknowledge that He is control of everything in my life, and that He will work it all for my good and His glory. Therefore, I walk through the week trusting Him and obeying Him and rejoicing in Him, letting my mind dwell on things above.
This is walking by faith. This is the Christian life. Each week we get to begin again, laying a new foundation of worship. This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it! ~ Nancy Wilson

"So many people are shut tight inside themselves like boxes, yet they would open up, unfolding quite wonderfully...if only you were interested in them."
- Sylvia Plath

"Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;

Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.

Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.

Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;
O’er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best."- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“When we lay the soil of our hard lives open to the rain of grace and let joy penetrate our cracked and dry places, let joy soak into our broken skin and deep crevices, life grows. How can this not be the best thing for the world? For us?” –Ann Voskamp


"Do I like jello?"
"Nice coat. Merry Christmas to you too. You're beautiful. Will you marry me? I love you!" -While You Were Sleeping

"Thank yer, ladies and gentlemen. Thank yer" -You've Got Mail

“You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count.” - Winnie the Pooh

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, the moments before I sleep.” –Ann Voskamp

The simple lack of her is more to me than others’ presence. -Edward Thomas

...for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Philippians 4:11

"Clogged with wishes. I was wishing that my wishes were what God wished, and that if my wishes were not what God wished, I wished that I could wish that my wishes would go away, but the wishes were still there." -Elizabeth Elliot

There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. -C.S Lewis

"Quite frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" -Gone With the Wind

"That's Re-dikorus." -Tigger

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

could not have been better....CWD FFL 2011

i have sat down to write this post about 12 times in the last 36 hours...and can't seem to get the words out (the tearing up doesn't help either).

how do you sit down and explain the life changing impact a group of strangers had on you?

how do you use words to express what it feels like to walk into a room full of adults with type 1 diabetes and hear more than one pump alarm going off and EVERYONE looks down at theirs?

how can you tell someone about the most amazing group therapy session ever? what was a scheduled talk on transitions as adults with T1 ended up being about 12 or so of us sitting in a circle, passing tissues and totally understanding what the last person just said. totally understanding. that doesn't happen often...people try to relate, to help and comfort as best they can, but in all honesty, it's nice to just be with people who get it.

how do you write about how cool it was to go swimming and see EVERYONE with a pump site or sensor hanging off their arm, leg, back, whatever? not only that, but how after we did the cha-cha slide and cupid's shuffle in the pool everyone had to get out and test! not just me!

how can you put into words the feelings of excitement, joy, nervousness, and sheer bliss upon meeting some of the people that helped get you out of diabetes burn out via their blogs?

the encouragement, information and support i found in the blogs of Kim (hers was the first d-blog i found), Scott , Kerri, Jess and so many others was 100% better in real life! it was great to meet the people behind the computer and to know that they are the same in person and online....AWESOME! not only that, but getting to be part of their group was even better than just meeting them! zee bloggerz rock! ;-)

how can you relate how a group of people, many who had never met in person, became Friends For Life in a week?

the answers to all those questions are, i can't. at least not right now. i am still so overwhelmed that i can't quite get the right words out. maybe tomorrow..or later in the week..after i collect my thoughts and rein in my emotions a bit better..but for now, here are some pictures of some of my new friends for life.

  at the banquet
 my sweet roommate Kristen
 Sara and I at the pool..funny faces thanks to Brian splashing us
pic from Sara
 farewell breakfast...fighting back tears
 
Tweedledee and Tweedledum..and George and Scott
all the adults with type 1. best ever! 


more to come...lots more to come! so many memories and stories.
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11 comments:

  1. SaraJuly 12, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Zee bloggerz are zee best!

    So glad you joined us!!!

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  2. Scott StrangeJuly 12, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    It was really nice to meet you, Shay! Looking forward to more of your posts!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 12, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    What an awesome trip! Glad you got to go...

    Mrs. P

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  4. JessJuly 12, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    awww, shay! i should know better by now then to read any posts about FFL without kleenex!

    seriously, it was an amazing week, and i'm SO HAPPY you were a part of it!

    yay for new friends! :)

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  5. GeorgeJuly 12, 2011 at 10:40 PM

    Shay it was AWESOME getting to meet you and hang out. I cannot wait to do it all again next year. CWD FTW!!!!

    I am staying all upbeat so I don't cry.

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  6. BernardJuly 13, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    Shay I went to my first FFL last year and wished I could have made this year's one. Isn't it life-changing in the best sense of the word? How about all the PWDs wearing the same color armband? I couldn't bear to take mine off afterwards.

    First time I came across your dblog, I've added it to Diaboogle. Keep on writing.

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  7. Kerri.July 13, 2011 at 9:14 PM

    It was awesome, awesome meeting you!!!!

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  8. Lorraine of "This is Caleb..."July 14, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    Awesomeness all around!

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  9. AaronJuly 14, 2011 at 10:31 PM

    Glad you had so much fun there. Sounds like an awesome time.

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  10. Karen GJuly 20, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    I'll always remember that you were my very first pump / diabetes sighting in Florida - back there in the line for the Magical Express!! I wish I hadn't been too shy to talk to you then - but I'm so glad we got to know each other pretty quickly the next day!! It was so awesome to meet you and I'm already counting down the days until the next Friends for Life!

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  11. ShayJuly 20, 2011 at 8:30 PM

    Thanks for all the comments, yall!

    It was awesome to meet so many people that only lived in my computer! I am so glad you all are real and every bit as awesome in real life as on the internet. Thanks for inviting me into your "group" and for making me feel so welcome! I am blessed with such wonderful new friends.

    @Bernard- Green bracelets FTW!

    @Karen- Same here! I was so shy! Then I felt stupid when I got to the hotel and realized who you were! DUH! We were even tweeting the same thing at the same time! Silly me.

    YAY for new friends! Can't wait for next year!

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