I just hope I'm using all of my gifts....

Last Saturday morning dawned bright and early for me. I normally like to sleep in a little as the work week catches up with me to the point that I'm not only drained mentally, but physically too at times. It was a pretty morning, puffy white clouds hovering over the horizon as if they were suspended by invisible ties to the universe. I've been doing a lot of cloud gazing lately, I see something in each cloud every time. I think this one looks like a grandma in a hurry, she's wearing her hair in a bun. Do you see her?

As I drove to Starbucks, because, hello weekend, I had to pull over for a funeral procession to drive by. Car after car, with their flashing lights, slowly going by.....each one filled with people that were probably not having the same kind of morning that I was.

It's not that I never think of death, and losing loved ones. Of course I do, I'm human. I don't dwell on the thoughts, but this morning I remember thinking, I hope whoever is gone did all they could. Used every gift they were given. Shared love and all of their happy, with those around them. I felt sad.

These days, every time I turn on the news, I feel sad. I want to shout, "for once, tell me something good!" That sounds like I've given up hope that this world we live in, is void of anything good, any great news to share. The thing is, I can't ever give up hope like that. I absolutely refuse.

So every night before my eyes close, I'm thinking thankful, grateful thoughts. No matter what madness the day brought, no matter what bad news the interwebs and television reported, I'm still happy to be here. "And I think to myself.....what a wonderful world"

I just hope I'm using all of my gifts. And sharing them. Even when I feel like I don't have any. Everyone has something to offer, don't you think?

Have a good week friend,
Tiffany

PS It's becoming a little too warm for breakfast on the patio in North Texas. But so far, I've refused to give it up. Take that mother nature!

Peace

Peace.....

I'm filled with it today. I've had a cold that's lingered longer than I wanted it to. Well okay I don't want it to visit at ALL but since it did, I wanted it to go away as soon as possible.
I'm feeling much better today, and with that brings just silliness. I woke up knowing that my coworkers were more than likely in for it, when I get in this mood one never knows what the day will bring at work. I love to laugh, when I can make someone else laugh, especially if they aren't in the greatest of moods, it makes my day. And since I know I can sing so well, I do that out loud for their enjoyment. *ahem*

My happies for the day so far:

My cousin, who is beating cancer again, got released from the hospital yesterday. I'm very much at peace with this, after the chemo rounds are finished, she can get back to her life as she knew it before, nothing short of fabulous.

We have a toy drive going on at work, so I got to meet the new and improved Mr.Potato Head this morning. Sounds lame doesn't it? It's NOT I tell you, he's awesome! But he got a lot bigger over the years. I had to tweet the handsome new Mr.Potato Head because he's so cute.
See?

I realized that my holiday social calendar is filling up rather quickly, so I had to do a quick check balance to make sure I wasn't over-extending, I'm not a fan of that. I've talked about down time being necessary before, but I find it especially necessary during the holidays. All this "hustle and bustle" as they call it, the mad rush, the frantic shopping and whatnot can take away from what this month is supposed to celebrate. Peace. But I will say, I'm very much looking forward to all of the upcoming events.

Realizing how long I've been friends with someone and then seeing a comment from them on my blog? yeah, that's pretty much the coolest thing ever.

I've decided that I'm going to start running. Since I don't consider myself a runner now, this may be a slow process at first. I really want to do the Jingle Bell run in Dallas this month, I don't know how far I would "run" and I hear that walking is fine too, that it's just fun to participate. I'll be checking into this more soon.

Knowing that my Christmas Tree is up, decorated, and waiting for me to get home and turn the lights on. I love sitting quietly and looking at it. I want to watch a Christmas movie tonight, not sure which one I will choose. Stay tuned.

Sharing my life with two of my favorite people on the planet in email most of the day today.....thoroughly enjoyable. We call it the Girls Club.

This is playing in the background as I wrap this post up.....I told you, I'm at peace today.



I hope your December is going well, and there will be a lot of celebration in it. But also a lot of, peace. Reflection. Get-togethers. Family. Love. Wine. (hey it's Wine Wednesday, it has to be mentioned). And wishes coming true.

Thank you for visiting my online home, I care about you.
Tiffany

PS What do you have for breakfast Christmas morning? My mom is coming to Dallas this year for the holidays. It's going to be a great ending to 2010.