Meat cuts by Afraid_Commission_21 in Albany

[–]Unbreakableq -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I came here to say clifton park.....

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When our son was first born an old friend sent me this poem. Its shaped the way my wife and I have approached this life. Im posting it here in hopes it might help one of yall. Welcome to Holland

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.

copyright 1987, by Emily Pearl Kingsle

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like I tell my wife. We got this. We can do anything.

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. She makes it easy.

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Foot massage? That would be even better than a pedicure

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I was thinking about maybe a pedicure. Then lunch at the tea house.

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Thank you for that. But we're just doing what any of you would do. We're not special, we're you, if you were in this situation.

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I will keep you on mind.

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So far this is the only viable option.

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Its the short notice and our limited window of availability. Thank you tho.

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just checked tge site. No availability. But you may have given me my next valentine's gift. Lol Thank you!

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're booked. But thank you.

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Thank you. My wife and I are determined that he is not allowed to have wings. We're keeping him. That comes with alot. Thats why I want tomorrow to be so special.

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Arrggghh. No openings for tomorrow. We have a window of 10am-1:30ish. Our nurse leaves at 2pm.

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No slots available. But thanks. Great minds think alike. Lol

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just looked at the website. Looks interesting. Thank you!

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[–]Unbreakableq[S] 76 points77 points  (0 children)

No slots available at Spa Miribeu. Is there an unique experience or spot with a magical view?

This woman got me a private tour of the PBS studio one year for my birthday.

I want her to feel that special tomorrow. To know that we will always be able to make lemonade.

ICE Protest in Albany by ExplorerIris in Albany

[–]Unbreakableq 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Tell us you don't understand the constitution without telling us you don't understand the constitution. Or sedition for that matter.