Finally the last ten

Ok, we are down to the last ten items about me. I would consider these to be the most important to me.

10. When I was younger, I collected penquins, then I stopped and collected Coca Cola items because I liked the old fashioned pictures of the girls with the Cokes and now I like victorian angels and victorian santas. I think I was supposed to be born in the Victorian era but I would not have put up with all the nonsense that woman were not allowed to do.

9. One thing I really want to do (this will make some of you croak) is to swim with the dolphins at the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys. They have a program for people with disabilities and they do not make the dolphins do anything they do not want to do especially when there are new mommy dolphins.

8. I would like to have an art show some day..

7. When we win the lottery, we would like to go around the country giving money to people anonymously(sp?). Wouldn't that be fun? We would also start a think tank type business to come up with cool inventions to help people.

6. If I had one wish, I would wish for the power to heal.

5. My proudest professional achievement was graduating from college. So many people told me I could not do it. The day I got my diploma, I felt I was getting a triple doctrate.

4. Proudest personal achievement (besides the family) is walking a marathon two years ago. I think about doing it again but it is a lot of training time away from the family.

3. I believe in miracles and that they happen every day, all the time, we just are not aware of it. It would not surprise me if I suddenly no longer had a vision or hearing condition. (Hey, I hit my head so often, it could trigger some blood vessels to unblock, and Voila!)

2. I would like to publish a book. I wrote a book for my daughters class in kindergarten called 'The Blind Lady who can See'. The teachers asked me to talk about my condition and the kids were always asking me questions so rather than standing up there and talking I wrote and illustrated a book to read to the class. As soon as it was done the teachers told me I should publish it. I figure since the recommendation came from a teacher, I should be able to do it. Then my son came along and I have not done anything about it yet.

1. Number 2 leads me to my proudest moment as a parent. I was reading the book I wrote to my daughter's class and near the end I started to get choked up. My daughter got up from where she was sitting and came over and stood by me and put her hand on my arm while I finished reading the book which ends as follows; "Even though there are so many things I cannot do such as drive a car or see the stars, I focus on the things I can do. I can still read and paint but the thing I like to see the most is the smile on my daughter's face. I think I am pretty lucky for a blind lady." She was only five years old and she was comforting her mother..KLEENEX PLEASE!!!

And all is right with the world.