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3 October 2009 16 Comments

Our trip to Lake Placid

lake placid thank This has been a busy and stressful year gone by and when my husband’s brother said we could go to his condo in Lake Placid we jumped at the chance as both of us have had a lot going on during the year and to say the least getting away was essential if we were going to endeavor to renew and remove all the stress we were feeling.

Thus, I got to thinking about how fantastic I’ve felt since we returned and the amazing memories of the vacation that are entrenched in my brain and I hope we can visit Lake Placid again as it’s worth every minute of the drive. We always have a great time in the car catching up on each other’s thoughts because we’re too busy or tired to share them during the work week do you remember when things are so hectic you don’t bother to tell your spouse what’s going on in your heart and soul then time passes and a lot is overlooked in a relationship? Therefore Joe and I discussed many subjects, caught up on what we were thinking about in our future it was like a year of therapy only better we hadn’t gone away for a full week since before I had surgery for Ovarian Cancer in January of 08 therefore we hadn’t realized what we’d missed thus Joe and I so appreciated his brother’s generosity and hope someday we’ll be able to reciprocate for him. You can’t say enough when such a lovely gift is given to you except I can tell you it was a blessing and I thought I’d share it with you because you may have something to give to someone you love and not even think about the impact it might have on their lives.

Therefore this post is to give you the idea of passing on something you might not be able to use to someone in your family or a dear friend giving them a wonderful opportunity they otherwise might have missed. Thus as I’m writing I’m smiling as I remember so many great laughs and joys of our week away so go on think of something you might be able to share with someone you love and thanks soooooo much Joe’s brother you’re the best and I’ll be remembering this for a long time.

16 Comments »

cherie de castro said:

i am sorry that i haven’t been here in a while, ms. dorothy. i was totally preoccupied with the disaster in my country, the philippines (and later, in indonesia and the american samoa), and have been helping spread links to relief centers in said countries. things are picking up now, slowly, and my heart is still with them even though i’m miles away. ~~~~ i thought i’d drop you anote just to say i am still an ardent follower.

# 3 October 2009 at 11:24 pm

salitype said:

glad to know you had a time of your life in lake placid. the idea of passing has tickled my mind. it may not ne a week in a fabulous place but i have something i wish to pass on to my love ones.

thanks for sharing!

# 4 October 2009 at 1:43 am

gagay said:

hi!

thank you for dropping by at my personal blog and for living some comments! by the way, i am recognizing and thanking my first commenter on every post of mine (in my two blogs: walkingnewspaper
pinoymedicaldoctor)which happen that in my recent post, you were the first commenter! i am thanking my first commenter thru having free linky love at every post and at the sidebar.. come, check it!

gagay
gagay, MD

# 4 October 2009 at 4:50 am

gagay said:

hi!

thank you for dropping by at my personal blog and for living some comments! by the way, i am recognizing and thanking my first commenter on every post of mine (in my two blogs: walkingnewspaper and
pinoymedicaldoctor)which happen that in my recent post, you were the first commenter! i am thanking my first commenter thru having free linky love at every post and at the sidebar.. come, check it!

thank you so much for the visit, by the way!

gagay
gagay, MD

# 4 October 2009 at 4:52 am

gagay said:

hi!

thank you for dropping by at my personal blog and for living some comments! by the way, i am recognizing and thanking my first commenter on every post of mine (in my two blogs: walkingnewspaper
pinoymedicaldoctor) which happen that in my recent post, you were the first commenter! i am thanking my first commenter thru having free linky love at every post and at the sidebar.. come, check it!

thank you so much for the visit, by the way!

gagay
gagay, MD

# 4 October 2009 at 4:53 am

Donald Swarbrick said:

There is a nice message in there for us all. You got me thinking.

# 4 October 2009 at 6:43 am

A.Marie said:

What a nice post! Hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

# 4 October 2009 at 7:20 am

betsyfromtennessee said:

Hi Dorothy, That was so nice of your brother-in-law to give you all that trip. Recently, one of my blog friend’s sons gave his parents a trip (Cruise to Alaska)—and they were so excited since they could never have afforded that trip themselves. SO–you are right! IF someone in your family NEEDS a ‘getaway trip’–then give it to them. All of us need to get away from our everyday life at times.

So far, George and I have been able to travel quite a bit –but there are still many places where we’d love to go. Maybe someday!!!! ha

Talking in the car while traveling is important. My best friend and her hubby stay so busy that they don’t talk much UNTIL they travel. Then they catch up in the car. That’s neat!!!!

Glad you all had a wonderful trip.
Hugs,
Betsy
Thanks for your kind words on the death of my brother.

# 4 October 2009 at 8:49 am

PJ said:

wow, i could really feel the love and joy in this post dorothy! what a good trip you 2 had. great advice that you have given to your readers, and we all should heed that advice. have a great day my friend, much love to you!

# 4 October 2009 at 10:38 am

vange said:

What a nice weekend away. We could all use one like that!

# 4 October 2009 at 11:00 am

C said:

I wonder…why is it that vacations become something in our heads that we can escape to? We just always want to go back to them in our minds, don’t we?

# 4 October 2009 at 11:01 pm

C said:

I remember this vacation spot we used to go to… every time I came back from it, I would have perfect 20/20 vision!!!

# 4 October 2009 at 11:02 pm

joared said:

Oh, that is such a wonderful gift you received. I do know only so well of what you speak about finding time to share so much with a spouse or significant other. I think that is so important to sustaining a relationship with the absence of same weakening the bond.

I’m so glad you’ve battled that Ovarian CA and survived so well. They’ve come a long way in their ability to diagnose and effectively treat it since the late sixties, early seventies when I first became aware of it and experimental chemo dosages were given. My beloved family member believed she was at least contributing to the collective knowledge to help others with her same diagnosis in the future. Sadly, but intriguingly, her sisters subsequently also developed OC. Her daughter is ever so vigilant about tracking her own health status, and so far, so good.

# 5 October 2009 at 12:20 am

Mel Alarilla said:

Yes, there are times when a mere thank would not be sufficient to express the gratitude in our hearts. Maybe a card that tells exactly how grateful we feel will communicate the feeling to the person concerned. There are certain things that people take for granted and when they give it to someone else they become surprised at the overwhelming response of that person. The important thing is that we conveyed our feeling of gratitude to the person concerned. Thanks for the post. God bless you always.

# 5 October 2009 at 12:21 am

Tina t said:

I’ve only been to Lake Placid once, but it is beautiful. I love getaways that allow us time to reconnect. Even for family vacations we try to do something where there is time for all of us to reconnect rather than an on-the-go type of vacation, like taking the kids to DisneyLand.

There is something about a long car ride that makes us pour out things that we didn’t even realize were waiting to be spoken. Glad you had such a nice time.

# 6 October 2009 at 1:57 pm