Its been a good day : )
That mere sentence sums up a lot, but elaborating it would only make it sound insincere and over embellished. I’ve come to realize what I have and what I truly am thankful for. I had a sudden realization of what I have, when my family was together this weekend watching church in our underwear or pajamas…whichever one is less offensive. I miss spending time with my family because we complete each other. I love them and miss them all the time so I am thankful that we were able to spend a full day together. It’s been so long since we have all been together for a period of 24 hours, and I hope that we can find another time to goof off again.
One particular experience that happened this weekend goes like this- my youngest sister (who just turned 5! Happy Birthday Cork!), bless her heart, ran into my room in the early hours of the morning, cookie in hand, jumped into my bed and got under the covers, which I was still occupying. At first, I was extremely annoyed…actually, that might be an understatement, I might have been bordering extremely angry. It had been a late night, and I didn’t get much sleep, and was not very welcoming to anything that might disrupt my comfortable sleep. I was thinking only of myself and my feelings, how I felt, and what I wanted, and how her early morning visit was inconvenient along with the crumbling cookie. I was about to shove her out of my bed and scold her, informing her that I wanted NOTHING to do with her that morning, when she sweetly said “Lauren, I saw this cookie and I wanted to eat it, but I remembered how much I love you and I want you to have it”. She bent down, and kissed my forehead, and merrily skipped out of my room. * I was speechless *
My eyes filled with tears as I looked at the mangled cookie, which I now held in my hand. I then sat and pondered and I have come to realize that I am the luckiest person in the entire world. I have the best of everything. I have the best parents, the best sisters, the best brothers, the best boyfriend, the best friends and the list goes on and on. These people fill my life with so much joy and meaning! They may not all be perfect, but every single on of them strive to be the best that they can be, and that in and of itself, makes them as close to perfect as I think it can get. I’ve decided to make a “Thankful List”. I might post it later, but every time I feel frustration, anger, or sadness, I’m going to look at my “Thankful List”, and remember what I have, and what I would be without it.
It’s been a good day : )
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