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On An Impossible Wonderful Trip

September 18, 2008 · Filed under Uncategorized

From the Van

I can’t begin to tell you how I feel about the last few days. It has been an incredibly challenging and perfectly wonderful trip to the Blackhills. It is the best place I have ever been to. I don’t ever remember being this far from home. I am so grateful that my family and my friend Karen have shared this place with me. It is so beautiful here. I have never dreamed of feeling like this. I don’t want to go home. It is a gift to have the ability to go to places like this. I don’t think most people are aware of what it takes for someone who is physically limited to be here. In our travels I have only seen one other person in a wheelchair.

I think it would be so wonderful to travel often, but I know it would be nearly impossible for me to do that. So I am very happy to be sitting in the shadows of such beauty. The rocks are enormous, the hills are impossible to climb and the animals are so different than the ones I am used to seeing.

I really loved seeing the wild horses. I was so sick that day that I had to lay down in the back of the jeep. Some would say I should have stayed in the RV, but Mom and Gregg asked me if I wanted to go and I said yes. I can be sick anywhere. I didn’t want to miss something that I had planned on for months. I wasn’t dissapointed. The woman that gave us a private tour was so kind to us. She drove us right out to where the horses were and shared so much information with us. That is something I will never forget.

Evening Campfire

I am not eager to go home. I want to stay here and relax in this beautiful place. I feel so content. I have slept better than I have in months.

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Doing the Impossible

September 18, 2008 · Filed under Facilitated Communication, Music & Art, Poetry, Rett Syndrome · Tagged , , ,

I sit in the shadows of the Blackhills and all their beauty.

I am in awe

For me to see the hills has been a great feat

You see, I depend on the legs and backs of many people to enjoy this magnificent place,

I am not alone here.

If I was able, I would drive through the hills, and feed the burros that came up to my car. I would take pictures of buffalo as they came near me and I would run up and down the hills, shouting with joy!

I love my trip, and I love my family.

Thanks to them I have done the impossible!

Writing My Poem

September 16, 2008

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Gratitude

September 18, 2008 · Filed under Rett Syndrome · Tagged , ,

I am sitting on my couch at home, listening to my mom and sister practicing piano and viola for a family wedding.  It is hard to have our vacation over – I looked forward to it for so long.  One of my favorite parts to our trip were the burros that came up to our van looking for treats. There were so many of them eating our buns that the other people were taking pictures of our van. The baby burros were making funny faces with their lips moving fast.

 

I have never seen buffalo before. They were mostly ignoring us, but one of them was running in between cars on the road, and that got us very excited. He was huge! It looked like he could push over a car. It was fun to see him. I love the winding roads through the mountains. Gregg carried me out of our vehicle so we could get a picture together. It was fun and scary because the hill behind us was very steep and very long. The picture was by a tunnel that could only have room for one car at a time.  People were honking as we were getting our picture because they didn’t want to get stuck in the tunnel with another car. It was exciting.

I have many memories from our trip. The best part was, we did it!! It was not easy, but we did an impossible thing. I can’t wait to go somewhere again. It was something I will never forget.

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