Our vacation is winding down, and the return to our daily lives gets closer and closer.   Although I am always glad to be home, in my own bed, I wish I could bring more of the Disney Magic home with me – the friendly cast members, the fantasies, the life in a world where people are kind and work to make each day of ours as special as possible.   All of the construction sites at Walt Disney World have signs on them with quotes from Walt Disney.   Last night, I saw this one that struck my fancy.   Disney has certainly succeed in achieving this goal; when I am here the challenges of my daily life seem so far away and less important.   If only I could create this world for myself when the Pixie Dust is no longer there.

After counting the days, and then the hours and minutes, Carey and I finally are on vacation.   The months since our last Disney trip have been especially hard for me and this vacation is a much needed time to relax and rebuild.   We are staying Disney’s Old Key West resort in a large one-bedroom villa.   The sign at the entrance to the resort proclaims “Welcome Home” and one of the security guards at the entrance always greets us with a hearty “Welcome Home.”  Each time she says that,  it reminds me that Walt Disney World is our second home, a  place where we are treated like family, surrounded by friendly cast members who make sure that every detail is attended to with pixie dust and Disney magic.   Even though the weather is in the mid 90s, and we get hot and tired after a day in the parks, we have that wonderful feeling of being away in a magical place where dreams really do come true.