Barney!

The K family is going to a concert this week and this refreshed my wonderful memories of the years we went to Barney concerts. You see, the Barney corporation always gave children with disabilities and their entire family free front sections tickets and meet and greets. It didn't matter if your child had been to 1 or 10 precious concerts! Of course, any price would have been worth the huge smiles and hugs Sammy gave when he saw Barney! One Barney memory sticks out. One year we took the boys to Universal Studio's in Florida. I didn't realize that Barney was there. Sammy spotted the Big Beautiful Purple Guy on the outside of his building. So, we stood in line. It didn't matter how long until the next concert.....Sammy was not budging until he was let inside. Without asking, someone approached us and said they had a special place for us to sit. We got to go in first! If you know Sammy, you will remember in his excitement, he would often stiffened up and make an adorable sound. There, in the concert area, was kind of a T area in the middle of the seats that was used for Barney and his gang. They settled us right there, front and center. Sammy loved the concert and many times Barney and his "buddies" would look at Sammy and motion to him. When the concert was over we were almost to the outer door, when someone came up to Sammy and said. "Barney would love to meet you if that is ok." Oh did I mention Sammy invited his big brothers to join us? Yes, they graciously waited to ride all the rollar coasters until after the concert! Soooooo, Sammy, Vinnie, Donnie, me and dad and we can't forget Grandma G all waited for a private meeting with Barney. It was amazing! At Universal, Barney speaks to you!! Yeah and he mentioned Sammy by name!! It was awesome to see Sammy so happy!! Sure we wouldn't pick Barney to put on our Ipod but at that moment I would have listened to anything Barney sang! He not only won the heart of my little boy but he also won my heart that day!! So if you find yourself annoyed with one more "I love you, You love me.......", remember how big the Barney corporation's heart is!!

It doesn't get any easier. You just get better at it. God is good!