There are so many things in life that threaten to pull us down. Just yesterday, my back tire blew out on my way to take G.T. (14) to school. I pulled over to a safe spot and breathed a prayer of thankfulness that it didn't happen on the freeway. But it was not what we needed to deal with on a busy day.
Though we haven't dealt with health issues like so many of you have, we've had our own challenges. The stress of keeping our heads above water while we run a business and raise children and pay for college and keep the wheels on things can burden us to the point that we lose our perspective.
Yet when I look back on all the things that have happened in our family there is beauty to be found, even in the hard times. Somehow in the midst of loss and heartache, financial stress and the long road of parenting, hope can bloom. It's found in the love you share and the life you're making together.
Today's Small Thing is to find something beautiful in your home and make a table centerpiece out of it. It could be a vignette of favorite things or treasured photographs. Maybe a glass vase with some cut flowers in it. It could be teddy bears and blocks, or candles and seashells if you want. Use your imagination! Move what's normally on your table and put something there to remind you of what's beautiful in your life.
Then just enjoy it!
I'm going to cut some winter branches that still have some red berries on them and place them in a vase. It will remind me that even in the dead of winter, there is color and life and wonder. I want to celebrate that today.
What will you place on YOUR table today and what will it remind you of?
POINTS: 30 for creating a new centerpiece or "tablescape." (Tablescapes for Dummies like me, here)
BONUS POINTS: 20 for blogging about it (if you're a blogger) or or simply telling someone about it (if you are a non-blogger). If it takes you a few days to blog about it, that's ok.
50 points max.
Be sure and let us know if you blogged or posted a picture....we wanna come see! Non-bloggers can email me a photo and I'll post it!
