So sorry for being a bit quiet this week. I’ve been running around like a crazy Ma having meetings with production companies and network execs! Very exciting stuff. Stay tuned for lots and lots of good stuff. Meanwhile we’ll be shooting a segment for Moms and the City and a Dad Named David in a of couple weeks. I’ll keep you posted on when you can see it.
Today’s Wordless/full Wednesday is about Courage.
This is my oldest, my most cautious, my most thoughtful boy, Keegan. We went to a carnival and usually he’s not interested in the big rides. Especially a 350 foot slide! Well the little man was terrified but he got up there and threw caution to the wind and launched himself down that slide like a mad man.
See that look on his face? Hysterical!
“Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it.” Nelson Mandela
When that kid got to the bottom of the slide his smile was as big as those eyes!
Priceless!
This is one of my favorite memories of the summer.
I can’t believe the kids go to school in two weeks.
What’s your best memory of this summer?
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I just love the look on that face! I bet he was beaming when he reached the bottom
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I had two boys (now all grown up) and I saw that look many times! It was usually accompanied by “Nah — I wasn’t scared!”
The look on Keegan’s face as he’s coming down that slide says it all. It’s when he’s safely at the bottom that his triumph over fear is real and accomplished! I remember that. As a child, we had a giant slide out in the countryside in northern MN. It was a rickety old wooden thing, stood really high above the ground, something all the government agencies would forbid in this era, for sure, and I approached that slide with the same feeling I see in Keegan. That’s my most fun memory of the summer – the one you brought back to my mind.
Go KEEGAN!!!!!!
I’m so excited for you!!! anne
So are you saying you’re show is going to be aired? I can hardly stand not knowing!! My boys love those potato sack slides. Keegan looks like a man who just braved his fear and is still not sure he should have done so. Good for him for throwing caution to the wind.
I’ve missed having you around!
That is courage. I hate slides.
I loved watching my guy explore the world with me watching without him realize I was doing so. Fantastic.
LisaDay
Love that look he has on his face!
Can’t wait to hear all your news!
My boys start school next week!
Welcome back! Love that shot of Keegan midslide.
Ahhh the face is priceless, but way to go that really is a great thing to come threw! I know my tummy would do flip flops walking up there thinking about going down it.
Whoo Hoo on the meetings and everything. Way to go girlie
We had a big hill at my middle school and we used to go down on cardboard boxes, just like this ride. But the bruises were free!
My kids would NEVER go down a slide that big! Brave boy!!
Too funny! It looks like he wants to scream but can’t.
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Great photo! He looks terrified but congratulate him for me for being brave enough to slide down! I remember the high diving board as a child. I climbed up, looked down and climbed back down the ladder.
Way to go Keegan!
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love that picture and the look on his face-PRICELESS!! Our best summer memory is definitely dinner on the back porch, slicing a SWEET watermelon and letting the boys get D-I-R-T-Y! We’ve done that a lot this summer, despite the 100+ weather
Looks like he had a great time! Those slides are the BEST!
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What a precious photo! His face says it all!
I’m so excited for your project. I hope I get to see it down here in da bayou.
Happy Wednesday,
Candace
I found you from Welcome Wednesday. Great blog. I have 17 month old twins. I try so hard to get them to eat healthy foods. Everyday is a challenge. Thanks for sharing.
Lisa
awwww…..he looks scared stiff!!
can’t wait to hear more about your other project!! sounds very exciting!
So brave…so proud…such a big boy!!!
xo
Wow that is brave. I went to an amusement park every year when I was little and never would go down a slide just like that.
Great pictures – thanks for sharing.
What a brave, little guy!
Good luck with all that production stuff. Can’t wait to hear more about it!
What a great pic, you’ll have it for always!
That is such a wonderful thing, to watch our children overcome an obstacle, and in so doing, grow just a little bit more. Awesome photo, too.