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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 330043" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>Was a pretty neat evening, but we did freeze our hiney's. I had to leave before the closing fireworks. I just couldn't stand there anymore. I had no feeling left in my feet and when getting into a taxi I realized my back and legs were spasming (MS thing, yuck!). </p><p></p><p>But it was worth it. We got to bring easy child to meet some Olympian's from here, a few I've known before last night. She had some pictures taken with them and later on she had her picture taken holding a torch beside one of the torch bearers, which she thought was pretty exciting. </p><p></p><p>The show put on before the torch arrived was pretty good. Some aboriginal drummers and singing to start off with a blessing. It was quite eerily beautiful hearing the native woman singing in a language none of us understood. Her voice carried over the lake and across the wind while her husband drummed along with her. Her son (maybe 7) sang with her as well. It was a great way to start things off. There was some unique entertainment. Drummers, dancers, acrobats, gymnasts and arielists. Some local choirs. easy child's best friend (a boy in her class) was in one of the singing groups so she was all wound up to see him. We had standing places right at the stage so a perfect view and great spot to take tons of pictures.</p><p></p><p>The boy who brought the flame to light the cauldron on stage was a 13 year old from difficult child's school. He is autistic and looked quite excited but at the same time, stunned by all of the hype and applause and kids screaming his name to cheer him on lol. It was cute, although something tells me it was mind boggling for him. I hope he remembers all the people yelling encouragement and clapping for him. It was an amazing moment for him. His mother was across from me and beaming through a steady pouring of tears. Quite the moment for her too I'm sure <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>All in all, it was worth the pain I'm in today and the fact that it took over 3 hours under a heated blanket to warm up once we got home. We probably will never see something like that again, so it was a nice way to end the year <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 330043, member: 4264"] Was a pretty neat evening, but we did freeze our hiney's. I had to leave before the closing fireworks. I just couldn't stand there anymore. I had no feeling left in my feet and when getting into a taxi I realized my back and legs were spasming (MS thing, yuck!). But it was worth it. We got to bring easy child to meet some Olympian's from here, a few I've known before last night. She had some pictures taken with them and later on she had her picture taken holding a torch beside one of the torch bearers, which she thought was pretty exciting. The show put on before the torch arrived was pretty good. Some aboriginal drummers and singing to start off with a blessing. It was quite eerily beautiful hearing the native woman singing in a language none of us understood. Her voice carried over the lake and across the wind while her husband drummed along with her. Her son (maybe 7) sang with her as well. It was a great way to start things off. There was some unique entertainment. Drummers, dancers, acrobats, gymnasts and arielists. Some local choirs. easy child's best friend (a boy in her class) was in one of the singing groups so she was all wound up to see him. We had standing places right at the stage so a perfect view and great spot to take tons of pictures. The boy who brought the flame to light the cauldron on stage was a 13 year old from difficult child's school. He is autistic and looked quite excited but at the same time, stunned by all of the hype and applause and kids screaming his name to cheer him on lol. It was cute, although something tells me it was mind boggling for him. I hope he remembers all the people yelling encouragement and clapping for him. It was an amazing moment for him. His mother was across from me and beaming through a steady pouring of tears. Quite the moment for her too I'm sure :) All in all, it was worth the pain I'm in today and the fact that it took over 3 hours under a heated blanket to warm up once we got home. We probably will never see something like that again, so it was a nice way to end the year :) [/QUOTE]
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