I'm freezing!!! I wish I had a nickel for every time I got in and out of my car today. I could take myself out to lunch tomorrow for sure! When I arrived home, the lock on my door was frozen and my key would not work. I was so cold, I actually started crying. I'm a drama queen, okay??? And then when Rory heard me and came and opened the door, I dropped everything on the floor and sat down, covering myself in blankets. "I'm dying of, of, of, BEING COLD, OKAY??? THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG!!!" He just took it in stride. He knows I'm a drama queen. ;)
I cooked dinner, we sat and ate and enjoyed some really good conversation (I LOVE hanging out with my kids, especially as adults. It's AWESOME). After he left for work, I decided to take a bubble bath. You know, try to thaw myself out a bit from all that in and out of the car today??
God speaks to me in the strangest of places, I sware. I buried myself in bubbles up to my chin, and began to reflect on my day. First, I had Bible study. A girlfriend of mine sent me home with my favorite fruit dish - pink grapefruit, pomegranite seeds, and strawberries. She's thoughtful. And I'm blessed to call her friend.
Then I had to go to job #2 to drop off some papers. When I got out of the car, they flew out of my hand and blew all over. I ran around the parking lot and the street trying to "catch" them all. Finally, out of breath, I had them all bunched up like garbage in my hands, and ran in to find my friend Rene hysterically laughing at me. Apparently, I provided a laughing moment from everyone who was nice and warm inside. I walked into my boss's office and dropped the pile of scrunched up dirty, stepped on, rolled around in the street copies of my papers on her desk. None of us could stop laughing.
After leaving there, I stopped at a friend's house to have a girly visit and play with her adorable little boy, just a little over a year. I loved blowing kisses on his belly, reading him, "You are my sunshine" again and again and again, chasing him, playing peek-a-boo, and bouncing him on my lap while he hummed and got a kick out of listening to himself.
After that, I went to job #3 just for fun. I ran into a friend from church who volunteers there. We had a very long chat and discovered we shared a mutual friend - my friend Michele who died a year and a half ago. Since then, I've spent a lot of time this afternoon thinking about and remembering my friend. I miss her so much.
And I watched Matthew, an Alzheimer patient, waltz with a patient care tech. I listened to Sam tell us stories about being a fighter pilot in World War 2. I spent an hour listening to a sweet little old lady talk about being a hair dressor and the stories she would listen to that made her feel like a therapist - all while having her nails painted. And I "high-fived" the man who walks and walks and walks every day.
I have good friends who are thoughtful. I have a good job and work with people I genuinely love. I have friends who are not afraid to laugh at and laugh with me. I have friends who generously share the laughter of their children with me. I have incredible memories of a friend who was one of my life's biggest blessings and examples to me. I have a kitchen table I share great conversation at with my boys. And I get to see people some times the way that God does. And he shows me what is the most meaningful in life. Waltzes. Nail polish. Babies. Kitchen tables. High five's.
Now that I'm nice and warm in my flannel pajamas, I don't mind all of those ins and outs of my car today. I can't live life on this couch. There is too much sweetness out there from the Father to catch a glimpse of. And I just gotta be a part of it. Maybe I'll buy a remote starter.............
Shoot!! The cookies are still in the oven !!!!!!!!
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