Touched By the Disney
Last week was a very difficult one. It would have been my mother’s 71st birthday. She passed away almost 5 years ago. Anyone who knows us well knows that Parkhopper John and I credit God working through mom and Walt Disney to give us a sanctuary. That sanctuary is Walt Disney World. Yesterday started with hearing a song on my way to work that tore out my heart. I had never heard this song before and it was all I could do to not pull off the road to cry.
The morning at work kept me very busy but every time I could catch my breath the tears would well up. I was praying for a way to get through the day.
I work in a large hotel/convention center that has a marble walkway through the foyer. Show sponsors often have stickers on the marble tiles to advertise their booths. As I walked across them yesterday I looked down and saw a familiar Classic Mickey shape. I looked closer and saw the schedule for the Not-So-Scary Halloween party at the Magic Kingdom. I reached down, in disbelief that Disney had sponsored the tech show that was in house, and touched the outline of Mickey’s ears. It moved. It was not a sticker but the advertisement out of the local paper. I turned it over and smiling up at me was Vampire Mickey. Of course I picked it up and tucked it into my clipboard.
As the day went on I saw Mickey’s smiling fangs on random tables, attached to the lanyards that held conventioneers nametags, sticking out of newspapers and one that someone even left on my desk. Every time I saw one I had to remember the gift we were given and how I know mom is watching over us. I also had to laugh how God and my mom had once again used Disney to touch my life.
How has Disney touch your life in a way that may seem unusual and perfect all at the same time?
