I keep expecting to be greeted by a parade in my normal life...the fact is that the return to the normal "world" ain't easy! And, I bet its that way for a a lot of vacations, (my brother's zip line pics and repelling pics looked pretty awesome)! But for me, this was really the first vacation where when I returned, I just had a hard time getting really, really back to life! I think it took me about one day in regular life for each day I spent at the World to really adjust. So now I've moved on to re-living our adventures, and thinking about the ones to come!
I really felt like all of my planning paid off at WDW, for instance I had the map of Disney really under my belt. I had character dining reservations made, I had a list of prioritized things that I thought my family would enjoy. And all of this planning (though made fun of by some of you) really made it so that I could enjoy the unexpected magic. One of my favorite things at the World were the parades. I did not plan to be in a certain place when the parades came, (with the exception of the lighted parade at close at the Magic Kingdom), but periodically we would be greeted by High School Musical, Block Party Bash, or my favorite the Celebrations Parade mid day at Magic Kingdom. On this particular day it was Woody/Buzz Day because it was the opening of Toy Story 3. We had fun dancing with the characters, not just getting our autograph and picture.
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I wonder now in the regular world how many times I miss the joyous spontaneous celebrations of life because they are not accompained by music, and men in costumes? Thanks to WDW I'm going to try and look harder for the celebrations and find the magic in my every day life!
2 comments:
Agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lis, you are so right, so many times we miss the joyous celebrations of life and the magic because we get too busy being adults and we have stopped listening to the music that our children hear all the time. Disney World brings back the child in us and helps us remember the music and you and Joe taking your precious son with you helped you to remember the magic of the music that he hears all the time. The joy in seeing and discovering new things everyday that God has made and having loving parents to make things exciting for him and to explain why ants are so strong that they can carry things much heavier than they are and why the leaves fall of the tress in the fall.
You and Joe have been through much this past year but I think you are finding your magic in music is coming back through your son. May God bless your precious family. Listen to the music of your son.
Much love, Clara Dvorak
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