Easter and the true meaning of sacrifice.

Easter and the very true meaning of "sacrifice"-


"We live and die; Christ died and lived!"  ~John Stott


"And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him.  For He departed, and behold, He is here."  ~St Augustine


"Ye sleeping buds, break
Open your green cerements, and wake
To fragrant blossoming for His sweet sake."  ~Margaret French Patton


"The story of Easter is the story of God's wonderful window of divine surprise."  ~Carl Knudsen


"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song."
~ Pope John Paul II


"In the bonds of Death He lay 
Who for our offence was slain; 
But the Lord is risen to-day, 
Christ hath brought us life again, 
Wherefore let us all rejoice, 
Singing loud, with cheerful voice, 
Hallelujah!"
~ Martin Luther


Nowadays I see a lot of candies, trinkets, toys replacing religious value during Easter time and it is as if religion is "taboo" to discuss. It saddens me because the discussion of descension and ascension of Jesus Christ was always brought up each Easter. 


Easter was never complete without watching "The Ten Commandments" portrayed by Charlton Heston and to this day, I still get moved by the movie.  


It is unfortunate that advertising has taken over our sacred holidays to the point where we have to fight back and point out the merits of leaving our religious holidays alone for the future generations. We wouldn't want our future generations to be raised solely without religion. 
Happy Easter to you my dear ones.
Much love and sending His prayers to you all,
Patty oxox

A new addition to our ever-growing family!

We have a new addition to our ever-growing family and he's a sweet lit'bit! Get it! His name is Lil'Bit and yes, he is actually a little thing!!

He is just so cute and a real gentleman, I just love  ♥  this sweet creature!! 

Mosey and Hannah, at first, they didn't want anything to do with a feisty little dog who had a sassy mouth but Mosey took a liking to Lil'Bit. Now Mosey loves Lil'Bit and Hannah just runs to Lil'Bit side when the boys starts to have an argument. It's sweet seeing the boys cuddle up together. 


Here's a video of the whole gang together, it's just so cute I tell you! 





The beautiful spring weather is finally here and I am just excited! I cannot wait to go outside and just bask in the sunny weather and especially go for long walks without worrying about slipping on a patch of ice anymore. Come on out everyone and absorb all the healthy Vitamin D!! Be sure to slather on the sunblock though! It's just NOT sexy to be burning yourself to look tan! 


Your natural colour is the sexiest colour, believe me!! I don't plan on roasting myself, I definitely will be slathering myself with the SPF 50 and keeping my natural colour plus the wrinkles - the laugh lines, let's call them that. 


Take care and take care of your eyes and hands!
Tactile smile,
Patty OXOX

I am proud of myself!

"I am proud of myself!"




It's not often I can sign this about myself. Growing up I have struggled with a very low self esteem; I have finally learned that I do love myself and I really do like love myself as a person, a sister, a daughter, a wife and especially a friend.


It has taken me almost 37 years to arrive at this and it's a beautiful insight into my life. I am able to enjoy my own POVs, debate with others without having to say "We're okay?" Hubby and I have an amazing marriage and what helps this is that we were actually very good friends before we dated. Hubby and I have been married 4+ years now & been together 6+ years as well.


Just recently I left the ALIP program for several personal reasons; I know I will go back to the ALIP program at George Brown College. GBC will be there and so will the ALIP program.


I am proud of myself for accomplishing my life-long goal and dream; to go to college.


Hubby and I are working on accomplishing another one of my life-long dream and that's to be a skin-Mom. I'm already a Mommy; you see, I've been a furMommy to several babies. 


My first was to beloved Misty. My Mosey was my first boy. Beautiful Ashy (A piece of my heart went with you my baby girl, you left me a year ago and I still cry for you. You knew Mommy couldn't see at the right and you were my shadow.) My Wooky, the sweet yet feisty rabbit that witnessed Ashy's death. I had to return Wooky back to her furfamily because I wasn't able to deal with Ashy's death. My Wooky was my first rabbit outside of my family; my sisters and I were raised with rabbits as well as my father was.


My sweet Hannah, our first special needs cat, taught me a lot about patience and understanding her need for space. Hannah taught me a lot by scratching my face. She'd bite me, bite my head and most of the time, her claws would get stuck in my nose. Oh it was always painful but I had to stay calm. I knew Hannah was nervous and scared.


Hannah was originally from Niagara Falls and she was found in Hamilton. Toronto Rescue Society, where Mosey and Ashy were from, rescued Hannah. TRS is a no-kill rescue group. 


Hannah taught me when it was okay to approach her and it was her decision to come to me for cuddling. Right now, Hannah is a Mommy's girl *bigtime* she is jealous of the new addition to the family- very jealous!


Lil-Bit, a very sweet gentleman, came from a Deaf family that moved to a retirement condo community and they weren't able to take their little boy with them. They were heartbroken because their Lil-Bit was their boy since he's 4 years old. I can imagine their pain as Lil-Bit is so sweet and affectionate. My parents took in Lil-Bit and their Daisy can be a bit too much for Lil-Bit. Daisy can add stress to Lil-Bit because she is anti-social and has anxiety tendencies; it does rub off on Lil-Bit.


I brought Lil-Bit with us to our home and he's getting on along quite well with Mosey and Hannah. Lil-Bit has been by my side since we arrived yesterday but I'm proud of myself as normally I would have gone over my way to make sure he was comfortable. This cute boy is something!!


Tactile love,
Patty oxox

Just me and my cane..

Just me and my cane

Just me and my cane,
tapping left and right
feeling the wall with my left hand
and the right eye darting in between places.

Just me and my cane,
Feeling the intricate fabric of scarves,
touching the beautiful jewellery,
the saleslady asking if I need assistance.

Just me and my cane,
I motion to my ear,
shake my head and gesture to my eyes
"Just looking, thanks."

Just me and my cane,
my partner in life,
my reassurance, my independence,
Always dependable and always there.

Just me and my cane,
a part of me and a part of who I am.
My eyes, my ears and my voice,
please don't kick my cane.

Just me and my cane,
I am complete with my cane,
complete with full vision
my cane and I.

Just me and my cane,
tall, thin, white with a splash of red,
Fondly called as Dottie by her handler,
Trusty sidekick for life.

Just me and my cane.

School starts today!

  

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Lao Tse

 School starts today for me and it has been my continuous journey of personal growth. I especially want to thank my husband for his support & love and my family for their encouragement as well as their love. 

I honestly don't know think I would have been able to make it to this point without their encouragement. 


You all mean very much to me especially today. 

I have vlogged in YouTube under my name as DBadvocate and it's a full 10 minutes. You can see the nervousness trepidation and excitement on my face. 

Yes, even my laptop is distorted because I show the furkids on the webcam. All because I am excited, nervous and happy.. all in one! 

Click to my YouTube- click here.



I am FINALLY going to college and it is G.B.C!! This proves you are never too old to go back to school! 

Classes don't start until 10 am but shit, I'm leaving in half-hour to see several people and drop off several forms. I know I will be tired tonight as my last class finishes at 8 pm. I'll be home around 9:30 -10 pm the latest. 


I do live quite a bit of a distance from GBC so it's not too bad for me as I do read on the TTC. I take the streetcar as it's much more quieter for me. 

Well, I better shut up now as I have those all too familiar excited feelings in my stomach. I can't eat, had soft poop all night and the same god-damn feelings I had all my life - the day before Labour Day feelings, ALL came back to me yesterday! 


I swear to you, I thought I was finished with those when I graduated from H.S but nope, it came back with a vengeance! 

Alrighty, I'm going to put my socks and shoes on like I normally do everyday and going to head off for the streetcar. [Cosburn then King] 


I love you all and I do miss you all very much. 
Love,
Patty OXOX



 

Christmas crafts

Hugs all,

I have started on Christmas crafts already.

Yes! You read it right!

CHRISTMAS!

Click on the link to go to a great website for easy Christmas crafts with cheap stuff, think Dollarama! Yes, my favourite place!

This year, I am starting much earlier because I want to personally make each gift I give out to my family. Yes, you all, individually, receive handmade with love by me, a gift.

I already made several and they're tucked away. They took me quite a while to do it but I felt very happy with the effort I put in them.

College starts tomorrow and I am already thinking BIG!

ALIP is 15 months and I learned at Orientation that Ryerson recognises the ALIP credits so I can go to Ryerson for two years to get my B.A.

I would like to get my B.A in Disability Studies. Being an advocate, I strongly believe I will do best in the field of Disability Studies. Ryerson offers this program to critically analyse the morals and values of society towards the disabled people.

After Ryerson, I would like to get my Ph.D in Critical Disability Studies at York University.  York offers much more than Ryerson as it is a much more intense study about the disabled community. The socio-economic, socio-psychological and social aspects of being disabled, per se, in society.

How being "disabled" by itself, the quote affects so many people, the label itself affects the human psyche.

This is where I know I will get a lot of personal satisfaction learning more and more.

I look forward seeing you all as I miss you all very much. I do miss tactiling and chatting with you all one to one. Catching up on the news too as well.

Please do keep in touch, much love from me to you all.

LOVE
Patty oxox

Dear loved ones

Hi family,

My blog is now closed to only family.

I feel it is now time to focus on my blogging only for family so you all can keep tabs on me and my private blog as well.

I have also made my picture albums in Facebook private as well.

Hugs to you all and I miss you very much!

Love,
Patty oxox