You know those days when you wake up knowing it is going to be a spectacular day. For instance on your birthday or a day with special events planned, and it is just a day you know you are going to remember and enjoy from the minute you open your eyes. Then there are those days that nothing out of the ordinary is taking place, but it sneaks up on you and is a day of noteworthy bliss. That was my day yesterday.
Nothing highly unusual happened. Adiah woke up and ate breakfast, but he was smiling at me laughing and melting my heart a little more than usual. Audra and I did school together, but she focused really well and we had a little more fun than usual. I was able to Vox (a walkie talkie app) with my sister until she went to work, and we laughed and got to be goofy with each other. It was almost like we were kids again in different rooms talking on a walkie talkie because it is so much more fun than talking face to face, at least that is your reasoning as a kid. When the Adiah and Audra had play time together, they played without fuss or fight and laughed and ran around until it was time to go out. ( Side note: seriously my babies LOVE LOVE each other. They get along extremely well. Audra, of course, has her moments of needing alone time, but they each think the other hung the moon. It kinda is the best thing in the world!) We went as a family to Costco and bought groceries. Afterward, we got hotdogs and sat eating as a family laughing and talking. As I put Adiah to bed he was a little more snuggly. Audra and I started Anne of Green Gables, My childhood favorite, and she loved it. She wanted me to read just one more chapter (after three). Ryan, out of the blue, said he wanted to read "that book, after the book, that I really liked". Which my response was Catching Fire? Which he started reading last night!! Which means I will be able to share another thing close to my heart with my best friend. Ryan and I had one of those kind of evenings together, that when you are laying in bed before you go to sleep, that you just can't understand how lucky you are to have found the perfect soul mate, and all you can do is thank God for them.
Now, like I said, nothing extremely exceptional happened. Some of these things, probably do not even seem noteworthy, but last night I looked at my day, my life and I was hit with an overwhelming wave of gratitude. I had another day with my family, we are healthy, and we have food/shelter. It was just a slice in my paradise. It wasn't a day of extreme excitement or magic, but it was a day full of little glimpses of what life is about to me. To me it was a day that I needed to write down and remember I am so blessed for my family.
Maybe, if you stop and just enjoy your day, maybe it will be like that for you.
Today, a day of no expectations, becomes a day where you will realize your blessed life.
You will go to bed really appreciating your slice of paradise.
I do.
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