Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. Off in the distance he could see a person going back and forth between the surf's edge and and the beach. Back and forth this person went. As the man approached he could see that there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural action of the tide.
The man was stuck by the the apparent futility of the task. There were far too many starfish. Many of them were sure to perish. As he approached the person continued the task of picking up starfish one by one and throwing them into the surf.
As he came up to the person he said, "You must be crazy. There are thousands of miles of beach covered with starfish. You can't possibly make a difference." The person looked at the man. He then stooped down and pick up one more starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He turned back to the man and said, "It sure made a difference to that one!"
After record speed in dossier prep, several re-dos of documents, Notary errors driving us nuts, Doctors that have no sense of urgency, One great Notary that came to our rescue not once but numerous times, public officials that hand delivered our reference letter, friends & family that stepped up to the plate to smooth out the path, passport photos that looked too dark, wrong dates on USCIS approval, police letters that were redone over 4times,two additional last min requirements, answering the most personal & weird questions on our psych exams,rushing to pick up final homestudy with 1hr before express cutoff!......Our file is FINALLY complete, out of our hands, the baby of a file we have been growing for the last 6weeks is now en route to DC then to Ethiopia! It was hard letting that file out of my site, nothing left now but a nice wait and an empty spot in the fire proof safe. (Yes, those documents are that important) Keep posted....the next steps will make your head spin!
The entire class is invited, more that likely 70% will attend. The rule is to invite all so one one gets hurt feelings. That's a good rule. M was given a few suggestions for her party. The only thing she requested was having a pinata! Found a neat one at the local grocery store for about $9, not too bad. The candy was way more, but we got gold coins,fruit jellies... all the neat stuff. We are planning it at the local park, but if weather is not good, it will be at our home. Traditional games will be Hot Potato, Pin the Tail on the Donkey, Music & dancing. I also have 3 huge tubs of Lego's so if things down, I can pull those out. Lets hope for good weather, it would be best to have it at the park!
