I had a day.
A day that 6 months ago would have sent me into a tail spin of defeat.
A day that leaves me looking up.
I'm hesitant to share my day with you. I'll have to be vulnerable. The things I share will make some form judgements, some maybe feel less shame themselves.. and some want to help me......
Truth be told, I would rather keep certain things to myself. I would rather not have pity. And I hate looking weak in front of people, especially with those to whom I wish to "prove myself."
I decided to write because.....
It comes back to the first notions to start this Blog. Chronicles of my life, learning to walk again...... When I first started, I would view my days, moments and weeks as successes or failures, grading myself and straining to be better, thinking... If I just get this... then I will be on top, in control, peaceful, victorious, be able to help others..... (or prove myself?)
Preface to today's events:
No new news... I have had insomnia like I have never experienced in my entire life... since Mercy, 3 months ago, but especially in the past month. I 'm not going to get into it... but I am realizing that there is something very "not normal" going on in my body, and that something needs to change b/c I cannot live like a zombie for very much longer.
Also, for the past month.... I have been eating a lot of sweets (a major understatement just took place). Our meals are pretty healthy... but I've been having treats everyday, numerous times a day. Sometimes in private, lots of times with Trevor.
No big surprise....... I've gained more weight.... Now I know what people think.... and believe me, I am used to not being taken seriously in this issue... "poor little skinny girl" or "your so lucky, you can eat whatever you like, and still stay slim" Well, I don't really know what to say, and I struggle to even share these things because I don't want everyone to assume that this is the eating disorder consumed Christina talking........ Because deep in my heart, I know that I need to make some adjustments to my life style because I don't feel good!
Not about my choices
Not about my body
And in general, I just don't feel healthy.
Last night, we dropped Trevor's brother and his fiance off at the airport after their 2 day stay with us. I was exhausted due to my usual frantic run around, bake, cook, clean, make sure everyone is happy and having fun, go go go (Martha) rituals, and tremendous lack of sleep. I know Trev was in the same lack of sleep boat.
I was not feeling good. Trev and I collapsed on the couch and ate a light dinner, and watched Big Bang Theory (which was a perfect mind break for us.... lots of laughs.. usually.....)
All I could think about, though, was icecream, chocolate, the freezies in the freezer, pop......... I didn't want to give in because it has just been sugar madness for the past couple of weeks... and I really don't want that type of life style.
So I had cereal and strawberries and went to bed...... (Good job Christina!!....... hmmmmm ??)
This Morning:
I woke up famished!
Got up. went straight out for breakfast... skipped the new morning ritual of coffee.....
Ate a balanced breakfast (Trying to eat more grains, so I won't crave a sugar top up...... Trev's advice)
I still felt hungry though... so I decided to have a little more (which is different from old Christina who would have said "too bad, you have to wait till the next meal. You pig!")
K, here is when I will get vulnerable with you.
I knew in my heart of hearts that I needed to go back to bed... my head was aching from lack of sleep. I could hardly function....
Instead
I opened the freezer, took out an old yogurt container that I had filled with leftover chocolate butter cream icing from a batch of cupcakes I had made (thinking that it wouldn't tempt me in the freezer, solid as a rock, therefore making me have to pre-think eating any) proceeded to defrost (pre - thinking??) it in the microwave and eat a good cup (of pure butter and sugar).
This is also where old Christina would realize the damage that she had just done (eating 1/2 a days calories in 2 minutes flat) run to the bathroom and purge, fix the mistake she just made.......
Not now.
I went to bed.
A little guilty. I talked to God, and said " You love me right now. I am righteous in your sight. I need your help though because I don't want to run to food instead of whatever it is I really need/want.
I slept for an hour.
Got up. Went straight for the fridge (not hungry in the slightest).... ate some left overs, a Tim Tam, and a spoon full (or two) of peanut butter.
Went back to bed (still tired), after checking my stomach and thighs in the mirror, and thinking, I don't want to go down this road today... what is up with me right now??
Slept again. Woke up to a text. Thought that I should really get up, get off this cycle, go for a walk or run, listen to some worship..... it's sunny, I need to get out of the house ( usually when I go for a run, I come home with a new perspective, and I feel energized and better able to make good choices ). I got all my running stuff on.....
and laid back down.
I'm seriously lacking energy and motivation...... but I hate wasting a day moping, being unproductive, and eating crap.
Had to get up at 1 p.m. to take our car in to get the tires changed...... tousled my hair, threw on a stretchy new skirt... ($3.00 at H&M, side note ), baggy shirt, sports bra and left (like 40 minutes early)
Went down the elevator, and instead of pushing the parking garage button... I pushed the first floor.... Knowing exactly where I was heading......
Menchies.
A frozen yogurt sunday bar, that is sinfully close to our house. I walked over, sampled some flavors, and filled a $1.89's worth in my cup. Topped it with peanut butter sauce, chocolate chips, cookie dough chunks. Then I sat down and ate it.
No shame (I don't think)
Guilt (maybe? )
A few squeezes to my soft stomach, and a prolonged glance at the curves showing through my fitted skirt as I passed my reflection in the Menchie's window.
Walked over to Thrifty foods, straight to the diet pop section. (reasoning, "I'll only get on if it's on sale"..... guess what?? $.99!)
On my way to the till, stopped at the bulk candy section bought candy watermelons, and lemon yogurt covered almonds..... (Only taking a few of each.. because that way, I'm not "over indulging!!")
Ate them on the way to Canadian Tire.
I'm feeling the shame now.
Typed in my journal for a bit. I needed to connect with God, and get His perspective.
I am His Beloved.
He Loves me
I am free.
I am the righteousness of God, in Christ Jesus.
....... Still just words to me.
God, help me to see... really see and experience your love. I need you.
Walked around, waiting for my car to be done.
Laughed at some cards in Carlton's ( I'm always looking for some hilarious ones to send Karlie)... couldn't decide on any.
Went to Tim Horton's, got a large coffee.
Came home..... because I wanted to write......
Not because I want to analyze myself, check off failure in the grade box. To be honest, I feel like I have come to a different place.
A place where I know the paths that I don't want to go down, the paths that lead to a small, dead, self absorbed, heavy life. The paths of bondage to food and weight (in every sense of the way) and the path of trying, striving, planning, restricting my life to fix myself. Path's to correct my own mistakes and short comings.... which is also, a path that leads to a very small, dead, self absorbed, defeated life.
As I sit here writing, knowing that its pizza date night with Trevor! I'm not hungry (in fact I feel ill..... wonder why??!), I know that I have already eaten waaaay over the amount of calories I need..... (and probably still lacking all the vitimins and mineral my body needs)
I wish I had been thinking, earlier, about how much fun it is to eat pizza with Trevor, have a beer with him in the sun on the patio, laugh and talk about our days ... ( our friday night joy). I wish I could have held off on all the indulgences today, that weren't even enjoyed, so that I could be fully, here, fully excited, and fully hungry for a much needed and much anticipated night with Trev (at least it was before recent events... but, maybe I need it even more so now.....?)
I can't change the choices I made today.
I can't change or fix or control the effects of sugar, butter, and chocolate on my thighs
I can't make the gross feeling disappear.
I cannot make this right!
And for once in my life..... I don't want to!
Fact:
I desire to life healthy and strong, full of God's life and energy.
Fact:
I need God to get there.
Christina's way is short lived, weather permitting, unstable, controlling, harsh, rigid, or self and momentary gratification, indulgent and lifeless.
Romans 14:7
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a matter of food and drink, but Righteousness, Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost.
Joseph Prince wrote a devotional on this verse. He said that food and drink is symbolic of things coming to you. You taking things in. Depending on the outward. But God says that His kingdom is about the Holy Spirit in you, producing, and nurturing Righteousness, Peace and Joy. The Kingdom of God is in us, not outside of us.
I'm ready to learn a new way to live........ Walking in the Righteousness, Peace, and Joy that were already bought for me, and given as a precious gift.
I'm Covered in Grace
xoxoxo
Friday, 3 August 2012
Friday, 20 July 2012
Job..... What an awful word!!
So, its time to get a job. Its been 3 months since I graduated from Mercy...... 3 months! It feels like decades ago.
Getting a job is not just "getting a job" to me. To be honest, I've been avoiding it. In my mind, getting a job means, busyness, go go go, no time for myself, pouring out, getting drained, keeping a smile on, getting overwhelmed by life, getting stressed, sick, losing weight to cope..... and so on.... I guess it's safe to say that there is a lot of fear attached to this decision.
There is also the HUGE questions.....
What do I want to do?? What am I good at??
Do you ever feel like your passions, and interests pull you in many different directions?..... How do I choose one that I want to pursue? Also, I'm almost 30... it seems a little late to be making decisions about pursuing passions that I should have been thinking about when I was 18.
We had a Pastor come to Mercy, who was sharing with us about his life.. and how he came into the ministry. He said when he was a teenage boy, he didn't know what to pursue in life... what his purpose was (sounds familiar ?) So his mother sat down with him and asked him to make a list of all the things he was good at.
His list went:
1. Hanging out with friends.
* His mother, trying not to show her worry, "Okay, lets keep going... what else are you good at?"
2. I like to eat junk food.
*Mother - wanting her son to dig deep..... believing that there had to be something that her son was good at... Hoping! "...... Okay, son...... I'm sure you are great at eating junk food..... Is there anything else that you are good at?"
3. I can kinda play the drums.. but I'm not very good.
* Mother prays silently..... "Oh God, what do we do with this list??"..... "Okay, Son.... Let's Give this List to God, and see what He does with it"
So they prayed.......
Years later, as the Pastor told us, He got the opportunity to become a youth leader. What were his main tasks in that role..??
1. Hanging out with kids!
2. Eating junk food!
3. Playing the drums for their youth band!
That story has stuck with me.. and it popped up in my head right now as I'm writing, thinking about what in the heck I am supposed to do with my life.....
It reminds me that all God needs is a willing heart... and He will use anything!
So, I'm gonna make a list... I've never done this before.. I'm kinda nervous.... (I feel like my list is going to be super random... and maybe a little frustrating for me to see on paper.... oh well, here goes.... )
Christina's Talents: (kinda ?)
1. I like to collage and put scriptures in some form of art so that it stands out to me, it makes the scripture come alive to me somehow. Helps me to visualize myself in the scripture....
A piece I made for a friend
2. I like to cook.... for Trevor anyway... I like to make new healthy colorful meals. We take pictures of our plates..... Trev, also likes to take pictures of different burgers or weird meals he tries. We have a computer file full of pictures of our dinner's .... haha... sooo lame!
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Breakfast last Saturday.
3. I like to... and I think I'm good at documenting our life..... I take pictures of everything! (see point number 2!) and I like to share it with people..... usually its little stuff that no one else really seems care about in the same way that I do :)
Date Night a Few weeks ago!
Trev Volunteered to clean up after dinner while I had a bath.
I found this container of pasta sauce in the tupperware cupboard the next morning. Made me laugh!
A flower I saw on my run one morning.... Beauty growing in a hard place!
Daisy's from a friends back yard...... Love note!
4. When I discover something new... like a new band, recipe, store, healthy alternative, podcast, book, movie, anything funny etc... that I Love... I Need to tell everyone... like I can't hold it in.... Usually though, it's things that everyone knew about like 2 years ago.. I'm just discovering it! I get really really passionate about things.... I think if I was cooler... I would want to do a "Christina's Favorite Things Give -Away" like Oprah's..... I'm actually getting giddy just thinking about it!
Funny because.... This is me... I'm terrified of Birds!.... texted it to everyone!
Love Love Love Burt's Bees.... My skin has never been more healthy!
So Talented!!
5. I listen to people. Challenge myself, to hear what they are "Really" saying behind the words that the are speaking.
6. I like to watch people (especially young women).... learn things, notice the things they are good at, passions I see in them, things that make them unique or special..... then I like to make them things... or encourage them in those areas.
My beautiful little sister Gabby, Loves fashion and hair, and art... She's super smart... Gonna do something creatively Great!
My other precious sister, Billie. Loves animals.. especially horses. Quiet, soft, very influential in everything she does.... Going to impact and touch many!
7. I love music.... Like LOVE!.... Can't play any instruments (really really wish I did) Would like to learn, Guitar, Drums, bongo's. I can sing....... Not great though... (Would like to have voice lessons someday.... might make me better...) (I sometimes record myself on my voice memo's on the I phone.... Yikes.. can't believe I just shared that :) Don't judge!
8. I love to write. I sometimes write songs.... they are not very deep or inspiring, though.... they are more simple songs.... none the less, my heart toward God.... or His heart toward me. Don't ever share them!... Actually I don't even know if they could be considered songs!
9. I Love to dance. It's hard to worship, or hear Spirit led music and not move and dance. I have not had lessons. I have no technique....... But I have pictures in my head of dances, dance teams, worship arts (painting to worship, which I also love but have had no training in.... and am not very good)
I daydream about dances and dramatic pieces led by the Holy Spirit...... But that is about where it ends... don't even know where to start with that one :)
So powerful!
I can't help but wonder what is happening (things that we can't even understand) as she's allowing her body to be used by Holy Spirit!...... ( I would love to meet her someday. When I was like 19 I got the application for her school of dance, but never followed through because ballet training was a prerequisite.)
10. I can sit and talk to old people for a long time...... I love to listen to stories. I find I can be myself so easily, and share things with them. I think I am just so hungry to learn, to grow....... so I always ask a ton of questions....
11. I can keep our home in order and organized. Laundry schedule, food, cleaning, groceries, bills. And I love doing it!! I could stay at home and keep myself busy.... I could never ever work a "job" again, outside of the home.. and be perfectly content.. no... happy!
12. I'm not the greatest wife.... But I long to be! To learn to be more selfless, and considerate.. to be a better friend and safe place for Trevor. To pray more, use my words to build him up, allow him to be fully himself.... and learn to Love whatever that entails, to watch him flourish and face fears, and follow his dreams.... Yup... A hearts desire of mine, for sure!
I've Got a really unique husband... like really...... special.. (not in the "slow" way)..... but in the "God, help me to be the kind of wife this energetic, crazy, passionate man needs!.... Please!"
13. I can pray... but my prayers are pretty self centered.
14. I like to bake for people. If you ever get baking from me.... It is me saying with all my heart... I love you! I bake every week for Trev's lunch, and it makes me so happy and fills me with Joy to make something I think he will love and get excited about.
Apple Crisp Bites.... got a really good deal on Apples... so I made apple everything for awhile!! Trevor Loved them!....... and of course, I took a picture!
15. I'm good at looking for sales, and getting good deals on stuff.... then.... telling everyone and their dog about it! haha.
Found my Burts Bees Stuff at Winner's for $16.99.... when the same stuff is at Walmart for $24.99.... say whaaat!
Deal of a Lifetime! $280.00 worth of shoes, the price I paid..... $26.88. It was a Shoe Warehouse closing sale. Every pair of Shoes was 2 for $12.00.... Craziness!
16. I really like fashion.... I hesitate to say Love because I'm not super trendy.. and I don't superior fashion sense (other than my own ideas)...... but I think about clothes... a lot..... and not very much excites me like fashion....shopping (even if I don't buy anything... or I'm shopping for someone else), looking at fashion blogs, seeing new trends, colors, putting together outfits.. helping someone else put together outfits, accessories, hair styles, braids, (I wish I could sew so that I could make some of the ideas for dance dresses that floating around in my head.) Getting awesome deals on clothes, Thrift shopping, color me beautiful website, makeup.
17. I try to be healthy (not always successful... aka.. diet pop battle, chocolate distraction...... ) But I am Super interested in fitness ( thanks to Megan and Lauren ), natural alternatives, healthy eating (thanks to my dad and Karlie)........ and again..... I tell everyone, everything I learn!
Trev and I just ran 7 Km's last night..... I can hardly believe it!...... again.. something little to most.. but to me (and Trev)..... Big night at the Lewis home!
So..... I think that completes my list. All of the things on my list, are things I enjoy.. maybe even safe to say passionate about....... All of them, are things that I have no training, education ...... or even extreme talent in.
I'm looking for a part time job right now... I'm not even sure where to look or what to look into. The things inside me are so broad and random. I cannot even imagine how all of these things can fit into some sort of profession......
All I know to do is give this list to God..... and see where He takes me.
Father, its so cool to see what you did with that Pastor Terry's list of things... (talents...?) and how you worked them into something awesome and perfect for him. Dad, I give you my scattered, random list..... In my limited, human, insecure mind, I don't know where or what any of this could lead me to..... something that could fulfill me, touch others, and contribute financially to our home? God, I don't have training...... I'm sub-par at most of these things.... but I really really love em..... I believe you've placed them in my heart. Sooooo...... I give you this list..... Ahhh.... I give you my heart. I give you my life. Can you make something beautiful out of these things? I'm releasing these "talents" into your hands... I trust You.......... Lead me. Use me. Give me the courage to walk through the doors You open. And I definitely know that You will get the Glory for this life, and this girl who was so lost, and so broken.
You are so good, and I just Love you. I just Love You, Father.
I forgot one:
18. Color....... I really Love Color!
that's all.......
Oh, and Trev reminded me of one more....
19. Lists! I'm good at making a list out of anything... really.. anything!
K, that's all.....
XOXO
Thursday, 12 July 2012
Christina, is Covered in Grace
I've been reading, studying, listening, thinking alot about Grace lately.
At Mercy, we all created "tags" to go behind our names........ so, for example: Kathy, is Completely Beautiful.
The purpose was for you to say the "tag" when someone said your name to renew your mind, or speak out the truth to yourself about who you are.
Some of the girls' picked "is free", "is remembered", "is worthy of Love".
I can't really remember how my "Tag" came about, But I know that God whispered it to me. I know that this is a revelation that I was born to have.
Christina, is Covered in Grace.
Not just dabbed in it, not sprinkled, not even egg washed in it.
Covered.
I was sitting..... just letting my imagination play a movie in my head....... I was watching this scene... (a silly picture) of me, dripping from head to toe in this sticky honey-like substance called Grace. Its so thick that I can't even open my eyes fully. Every part of me is saturated with this sweetness. The first thing you notice (in this picture ) is this girl, covered in this sticky stuff. I'm slipping and sliding in goo, laughing uncontrollably because I can't stand up. It's heavy and substantial, but at the same time buoyant, and light. There are people looking at me strangely saying "Is there still a girl under that blob?"...... "I think its Christina?" "Look, she's getting that stuff on everything she touches, and it's dripping in puddles around her feet everywhere she walks!"
"Quick, keep walking, she's coming over here and if she touches us... it'll get all over us!"
"Where did that stuff come from?"
Covered
And all I know, is that it has to come from God because Grace is not anything that Christina could ever possess on her own in a million years!
In fact, it seems like everything about me is bent toward performance, measuring, rules, laws, striving, perfection, improvement............... Actually, an even more simple and accurate way to put it is:
Everything about me is bent toward Me!
Joyce Meyer has a series called "I was always on my mind" (she even sings the You were always on my mind song to go with it... makes me laugh)
Its not even like I try to always think about me.. In, all honesty, it would be true to say that most of my mental energy is spent thinking about what I did wrong, not quite good enough, what I need to work on, where I need help, what I should do, what I'm doing great at. If I hang out with a friend, I will always spend time after measuring how good of a friend I was. "I wonder if what I said hurt her? I wonder if she could have miss understood this? I wonder if she had fun? Did I have fun? She's having a hard time with this _____ ...... what can I do to help? Or, did I do anything to cause _____ ??" .............. Exhausting!! Utterly Exhausting!!
Covered in Grace
Covered in Jesus. He is, in essence who Grace is. He covers me.
When I fall short, when I do it "right", but fear I can't keep it up or won't do it right next time....... Jesus!
I feel like I am learning so much about this, but its rolling around in my head, and I haven't quite made it mine yet.
Grace seems so foreign to the way that I have always thought... about myself, about God, and about others.
Some statements and Truths that are Consuming my thoughts.
I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus..... When I choose badly, deliberately sin, am prideful, hurt someone, ignore my need for God and try to do things alone........ God sees me as completely and wholly Right before Him. He sees me like He sees His perfect son Jesus! ................. Wow!!
As Jesus is, So am I in this world......... I am In Christ. Its not me anymore. I am fully in Christ. I died, and its no longer I that live, but Christ who lives in me.
The Law is what I can do (demand on me). Grace is who God is and What He can do (supply from Him) ........... I will Always always fall short when trying to do things right and good enough. I was not created to. I was created to live in God. I was created to be a recipient of His Goodness and Love. A vessel of His Goodness and Love.
Its not about me! It's not about me! It's not about me! Its not about me!!!!
It's about.... It's ALWAYS been about How Good God is!!
Covered In His Grace
Galatians 2:20(MSG)..... (My own thoughts interjected)
What actually took place is this: I tried keeping rules and working my head off to please God,(Oh how I've tried!!) and it didn't work. (I only felt condemned and never good enough, frustrated, hopeless and exhausted) So I quit being a "law woman" so that I could be God's woman. Christ's life showed me how, and enabled me to do it. I identified myself completely with him.(Grace,pure Love, the GIFT of Jesus dying on the cross and making me the righteousness of God!!) Indeed, I have been crucified with Christ. My ego is no longer central.(It's not about Me anymore. What I can (which isn't much) or cannot do) It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God.(Huge weight off.... He Loves me! He just Loves me! He's sees me like He sees Jesus!!!) Christ lives in me. The life you see me living is not "mine," but it is lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I am not going to go back on that.
Is it not clear to you that to go back to that old rule-keeping, peer-pleasing religion would be an abandonment of everything personal and free in my relationship with God? I refuse to do that, to repudiate God's grace. If a living relationship with God could come by rule-keeping, then Christ died unnecessarily.
How can I not fall so madly in Love with such a Good God?
How could I have not seen this before! How could my view of God have been so clouded?
How could I have not seen this before! How could my view of God have been so clouded?
He is just Good. He is so Loving! Everything about Him is good and generous. Jesus took my sin. He Covered me with Himself.
I want to know more! I want my eyes to be opened even more!
I am so Hungry to know God more, to know His heart, His Love. I'm so ardent to understand what He did on the cross, His Grace, His ways that are so very different than anything I've ever known.
I'm so thirsty to finally receive His Love and Goodness.... instead of trying to earn it.
I have so much to learn! I feel like my eyes have been opened to something so vast, so enormous and mammoth, its overwhelming!
Covered in Grace
Unrecognizably covered!
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Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Love Notes
Went for a jog, I was on my way home when, on the other side of the road, I saw a pile of junk (to take for free) outside one of the mansions on my route. I was just gonna keep going by.... (like Trevor would want me to)....... I just couldn't resist getting a closer look (My dad would be proud). There were some old chairs, and tables, and a basket....... what was in the basket you ask?......... Jewlery. Not just a little bit either, lots and lots of costume jewlery, most still with the tags on!!
I rummaged through and picked out an huge handful............... Love Note
Also, I was visiting my mother in law on the weekend, and she gave me some of her old jewlery (which she made most of).......... Love Note
Sooo, these are my two day findings..... Price tag $0.00
I had to walk the rest of the way home cuz I was so loaded up with my finds. I think I was grinning ear to ear, and must have looked so silly, but I didn't care. It was such a love note from God.
I also stopped and picked these flowers (weeds?) in the ditch.
That was yesterday.........
Today,
I went for a walk/jog in Campbell Valley Park, which is becoming one of my favorite places here.
It was another morning of unexpected love notes from God............
I had just parked, getting my I pod ready, shoes tied, when my friend Karlie texted me this picture...
This picture was a reminder to my heart this morning, that the number on the scale.. is just a number. Christina, its just a stupid number! Its not who you are. In the same breath, the choices you made in the past few weeks that don't mesh with the healthy lifestyle that you desire......... Christina, it's okay. It's does not determine your future. You have the power to learn and choose differently. You are not a failure. You are learning what works for you and what doesn't, and you are stretching these legs of freedom......... and I think God likes that. In fact, I think it's beautiful to Him.
............ Love Note
I was like the only one in the park for awhile and it was stunning! I had my Ipod in, but quickly decided to take it out so I could hear... the sounds of nature ... lol... sounds cheesy... but it was way better music this morning!
Here are some pictures I took.
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This little guy followed me... forever... it was really cute. After awhile, though, I started getting sketchy. Remember in Jurassic Park 2, when that little girl was feeding those cute innocent little dinosaur things.. and everyone was thinking "aww.. isn't that nice" then they started attacking, and eventually devoured her. I couldn't get that out of my head and had to keep looking back to make sure he wasn't going to come charging, attach to the back of my leg, and eat me alive!
The best part was finding wild Raspberries! They are in our fridge now. I'm saving them to try with Trevor.
............ Love Note
So there you have it.
I'm so very thankful for moments and treasures like this in my day!
Two of my favorite quotes:
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it"
Confucius
"There are Flowers everywhere, for those who bother to look"
Henri Matisse
XOXO
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