Dreamfinder2
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2000
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We had already paid our deposit and got our member's guide, public offering statements, tote bag, all the paperwork in hand. Was I pumped!
Then ...
My mother's diagnosed with cancer. The prognosis isn't good. She's a widow, I'm an only child, I live 300+ miles away. You get the picture.
DS graduates from HS this year. Naturally, we've known this all along! He has elected to join the United States Marine Corps, and we are supporting him in this major decision. DW is handling this pretty well, but you mothers out there know how this kind of decision could weigh on you.
So, in a fateful discussion around the kitchen table, we looked once again at all the DVC materials. Even though fincances aren't the deciding factor, with the family situation being so uncertain, and an awareness that whatever time I may be able to spare being spent on trips to check on my mom, we've elected to put the DVC on indefinite hold.
I am struck with what a grevious, hard decision this was; but in another sense, there's a quiet sense of peace that we've made the right call. As much as we love Disney, and as cooly rational as I can be in knowing that this is a family investment, certainly it's not getting any cheaper nor is 2042 any farther away -- it's still the right thing. I'm sad, but I'm content.
I'd have to say that I've learned so much lurking around these boards, and the comments posted here were what moved us in the DVC direction in the first place. It IS kinda like family, isn't it?
Finally -- I'm looking on this as simply a dream deferred. A little delayed gratification is not a bad thing for me! In the grand scheme of things I trust DVC will take its proper place, and we WILL be joining you all soon -- of this, I'm convinced.
As a small consolation, I was able to snag a long weekend at Coronado Beach (one resort we haven't tried)in two weeks for $89/night. Not the same as a Grand Villa, certainly, but a nice spontaneous "fix" nontheless.
Thank you all for keeping the info coming.
Remembering when ... there was a Treasure Island in Bay Lake.
Then ...
My mother's diagnosed with cancer. The prognosis isn't good. She's a widow, I'm an only child, I live 300+ miles away. You get the picture.
DS graduates from HS this year. Naturally, we've known this all along! He has elected to join the United States Marine Corps, and we are supporting him in this major decision. DW is handling this pretty well, but you mothers out there know how this kind of decision could weigh on you.
So, in a fateful discussion around the kitchen table, we looked once again at all the DVC materials. Even though fincances aren't the deciding factor, with the family situation being so uncertain, and an awareness that whatever time I may be able to spare being spent on trips to check on my mom, we've elected to put the DVC on indefinite hold.
I am struck with what a grevious, hard decision this was; but in another sense, there's a quiet sense of peace that we've made the right call. As much as we love Disney, and as cooly rational as I can be in knowing that this is a family investment, certainly it's not getting any cheaper nor is 2042 any farther away -- it's still the right thing. I'm sad, but I'm content.
I'd have to say that I've learned so much lurking around these boards, and the comments posted here were what moved us in the DVC direction in the first place. It IS kinda like family, isn't it?
Finally -- I'm looking on this as simply a dream deferred. A little delayed gratification is not a bad thing for me! In the grand scheme of things I trust DVC will take its proper place, and we WILL be joining you all soon -- of this, I'm convinced.
As a small consolation, I was able to snag a long weekend at Coronado Beach (one resort we haven't tried)in two weeks for $89/night. Not the same as a Grand Villa, certainly, but a nice spontaneous "fix" nontheless.
Thank you all for keeping the info coming.
Remembering when ... there was a Treasure Island in Bay Lake.
