Gosh, is it really only 6 days until Christmas. I have said it before, but I just can't believe how fast this year went by. I will blink and it will be 2015 already. I guess it is part of getting older. I blame it on not having summer breaks anymore.
I want to do things a little different in 2014 when it comes to my thankful series. I just think lists can get a little tedious. Sometimes you can't get the full picture while you have to narrow a sentence down to a couple words. I need to be able to rant about how thankful I am for this beautiful, messy, wonderful, and yes sometimes heartbreaking life. So starting this week, you may see lists and you may see full paragraphs. It should be fun to mix it up!
While looking through recent photos for this post, I kept coming back to this picture. I couldn't seem to pass it. So here we are. Kyle's eyes are almost closed, Lucas is being silly, Tilly needs groomed, and I look like I am hiding food in my cheeks for the winter. All in all though, this is us. The very unperfect family, just making our way. This week I am thankful for that. Thankful for this unperfect family that is so honest, brave, humbled and loving. We are not the most put together family, we are not always on time, we fuss, we fight, we are normal. And I am thankful that there is nothing in this life that makes us try to act differently.
I am also thankful this week for Christmas spirit. I thought about the holiday as I was walking out of Walmart tonight. I went in for just one thing, and of course come out with ten, I noticed an older couple while walking in one of the aisles. The gentleman smiled at me, and I smiled right back. No big deal, the same thing I do if anyone makes eye contact. Then we walked right passed each other. As I was walking to self check out I saw them again. He stopped me and said "you are the only person in this store that took the time to smile at me tonight". We casually talked as I was checking out, and as I was walking out of the store I couldn't believe that out of all of the people I could have run into, I ran into the one person who showed me how little it takes to make a difference. To make an impact in someones life, even if it was only a smile.
Have you seen any instances of Christmas spirit this week?
