She still regarded me with a little bit of suspicion, but...I think she understood.
I have had so many people comment to me about how much "bad luck" that I have.....and I started to wonder why that is. After the events of yesterday had finished unfolding, I kept asking myself why these things "always happen to me"....and the answer came to me today...as I realized that I am ready to try flying again..already.
I think that these things happen to me because I am able to dust myself off and keep moving forward. I put myself out there and try and live life to the fullest as best I can. Many of my friends couldn't believe that I would, for example, drive with the kids to Canada...or....attempt a flight with 5 children...and really, I don't understand what the big deal is. Life is an adventure.....and I guess because I have moved so many times, and have so many children....that the odds are greater that I will run into crazy neighbors or have a lot of .....interesting....parenting experiences! I have more than double the number of children as most of my friends. As a result, I sometimes have more than double the trouble...and sometimes...more than double the joy!
I have been through a lot in my life and it has changed me....I think that I might be hardened a little bit by the challenges that I have faced...I fall briefly when I face adversity and then I get back up and keep going. I'm not easily paralyzed by the obstacles in my life anymore.
I am like a Weeble.
“Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!”
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And so I leave you tonight with a few images from how I started sorting through my stress today... This is my van....I have begun painting it and....plan on adding a lot of fun things to it this year!
I know, I know....pass the community haldol!
Before:
![](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b271/kmmath/P1030769.jpg)
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After...or...well...in the middle, because this is just the beginning. Regular photo updates to follow! I'm planning on adding a garden of flowers around the kid's hands with some little hearts peppered in...and well...on just having fun with this. I've always wanted to do this...and so...why not...just do it!
![](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b271/kmmath/P1030770.jpg)
![](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b271/kmmath/P1030772.jpg)
![](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b271/kmmath/P1030773.jpg)
ummmm...some of these things might also happen to me because I do things like ummmmm paint my van...but come on...You know you wish you could do something like that too. I would have been so cool in the 70's. :> It IS a VW...it's crying out for some funk.[/quote]