The Sweetest Days

Hey, it's been a while! It's my fault it's been this long... I've been working on a blog post for months that I really feel like I need to write, but I finally realized that I don't have to put my whole blog on hold until I write what "needs" to be written. (It's a metaphor for life really... more on that later.) Anywho, stay tuned for that big blog post; it's coming! :-)

For now, today is best summed up in Anne Shirley's words:

"I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly" (L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea, p. 160).

I had a funny experience today. I was going along, multitasking by playing Netflix in the background while I attempted housewifery, when my Internet went out. At first I was mad at the modem and tried everything I could to fix the darned thing. Then I sullenly sat and ate my lunch. Then after I was no longer "hangry", I told myself, "well, I'm probably more productive without it anyway. I'll pop in a CD and make a card." So I did, and I had one of the happiest, most peaceful afternoons I've had in a long while. I was creative, I got to sing my lungs out to a silly Girl's Camp mix CD, and I wasn't burdened by the compulsion to check Bookface (as Hubby facetiously refers to it) or my email.

Another sweet day for me (although much more splendid than today was!) happened last Saturday. My mom came up to visit so we could attend Time Out for Women together! It was fantastic - spiritual, fun, filled with laughter and happy tears. I truly needed it - not only for the "time out" it was for me and Mom, but because it was replete with little promptings from Heavenly Father that I am worth it to God, that my differences are a good thing, and that I am truly loved.

My beautiful & fabulous mom and I :-)

As my mom told me afterwards, it helped both of us face the week with a little more joy.

I think we could all use days like that. The awesome thing? We can! Today I had a great day because I unplugged and engaged in creating something. Saturday I had an awesome day because I was connected with my mom, and because I immersed myself in the love of God through spiritual messages. These are all things we can do daily! That's why the seminary answers are what they are (pray, read the scriptures, etc...), because they are true: they are the simple little things we need to do daily to feel God's love for us.

I wasn't intending for this to become a sermon, but to bare a little bit of myself today. I'm having a happy day, and I want all my friends to as well.

The point is, go have one of the sweetest days. Feel the sunshine on your face (if you're in Seattle, today is beautiful!), or the wonderful rain. Enjoy the simple little pleasures. Live :-)