I remember when Beauty’s scoliosis video went viral amongst my friends and family. Everyone
saw it and showed it to someone else. I have had so many phone calls and emails
and comments on that video. On our family.
Our home..our daughter. All positive. She will end up being having modelling contracts because of it….her life has been changed
by it in many ways.
“The girl who made scoiosis look beautiful” is what lots
of people have said.
And when I watch that video that is exactly what I think
of too.
But in reality? Those are just snippets of our lives, our
triumphs, our obstacles, our looks, our home and scoliosis. It’s not really us. Parts of it are for sure….parts
of it is not really.
I thought of that today as I watched a wedding video on a
blog I have been reading for two years. I thought it was so stunning and
beautiful…they looked sooooo happy. It made me envious of having that kind of
love and closeness. Nobody I know in real life even looks a fraction of that
happy. I wanted that kind of wedding video!!!!! Why didn’t I do that???
It looked from the video that this couple was closer and
more in love than anyone I have ever come across. And maybe they are? And maybe
they are not?
In reading her blog this girl has struggled some. So has
their relationship. Many ups and downs…just like the rest of us . But if I did
not read that blog as often as I do I would have thought her life is a
fairltyale-which I know it is not.
But ps her smile is so beautiful and so authentic that
there must be something really wonderful in her life. She truly radiates all
her beauty from her smile….it is simply gorgeous-even if she is not the classic
beauty in other ways. Man a beautiful smile can go a long way!
I was also looking at pictures of a wedding I attended a
long time ago-a distant friend in high school. In the pictures we all looked so
happy and having fun. But in reality one of the dullest weddings I have ever
been to! Even the bride and groom were bored-but in the pictures you would never
have known. All that to say videos, blogs, pictures are all glimpses into someone’s
lives but they are not their lives fully at all.
But man is it fun to watch. That wedding video gave me happiness
and touched something in me. The scoliosis video I have literally watched a
thousand times and each time I cry and also feel pride swell in my heart for my
daughter and what we have done with this journey of scoliosis (which trust me
is the biggest pain in the ass ever…my friend was talking about lice treatment
for her daughter the other day and I realized that every night in our house is
like a lice treatment :extra steps to ensure braces are clean and taken care of
etc. and will be this way for at least another 1.5 yrs. if not longer )
These snippets can be so touching and inspirational. At
family night which we got back into tonight after a four month summer break….I
showed two inspirational videos and Bear showed another two. One wedding, one adorable
kid video, one called “looking up” and another on bullying and the impact of
it.
And for the first family night in a while since they are
teens..They were totally engaged and immersed. I have found over the last year
our family nights are not what they used to be. Our kids have loooong days…this
school is a tiger so having another little lesson at night is not top of list anymore
even with a treat (like it used to be)
I have found a great way to disguise these lessons!
Videos!!! Short ones too and so touching.
All that today my hearty is full tonight because of these
videos..and I hope my families hearts are full too.
Bu hey you know what? I bet when people watch Beauty’s
video they think of us and say” I wish I could be part of that great family!”…in
the same way that when we see their videos…we wish the same thing.
The grass is always greener isn’t it?
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