Wampler Wings in Flight: Where the Magic Begins

My mother turned 60 this year! Since she is the same age as Disneyland, we celebrated her big 50th birthday there, and, for her 60th this year, we couldn't think of a better place to celebrate--because there isn't a better place!!!

Disneyland is great! It smells, looks, feels, sounds, and tastes magical! Probably on purpose...to suck all of our money away! But...I can't lie and say I'm not sold! I've fallen into the magical Disney trap! The best part about is, I've taken my husband with me! It was his first experience of Disneyland and we're already excited about going back and planning on it as soon as possible!

Disneyland is truly magical and there is a big hype of excitement in going there, but, going this past weekend, I felt something more than just the hype. I felt contentment and a deeper joy and it took me until the next day to figure out why.

I'm currently living in my 15th home in my 9th city. I've moved for different reasons during my life and have had some good, along with some not so good moving-to-a-new-city experiences. Moving so much has made finding, let alone keeping, friends somewhat difficult for me to manage. I've recently read a book, though, that made me realize I need to cherish all of my "travels" up to this point in my life because every life moment I have experienced has made me into the person I am today. I am in a very very good place and I have the Lord to thank for that. My husband has a great deal to do with it, too, which I thank the Lord for!

That being said, the next day I woke up after experiencing Disney magic, it dawned on me why I love Disneyland so very much! Going to Disneyland felt like going to hang out with an old best friend I've known my whole life! Having something--a location--be stable for me all these years truly has an impact on me. It was such a feeling of nostalgia and bliss!

So now let the picture journey begin!