You know, every now and then you have that overwhelming feeling of gratitude wash over you like a tidal wave - covering you, immersing you from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. Today is such a day for me. I have quite a few friends -- like it should be FRIGHTENING to you if you are my friend because I have so many friends who are having or have had twins in the last few years. And three of them have had pre-term labor, bed rest, and/or early births with their babies. As much as I thought in the moment that I - emphasis on the I - would have given anything to have my twins early, experience has taught me that the GREATEST blessing was that I DIDN'T. And now that I have my twins and know the ups and downs and ins and outs and years of sleepless nights and double trouble/double fun moments lie ahead of all of my dear friends, I am kicking myself that we live so far away from them and can't do a thing. Not one of the many small things that I would have given ANYTHING to have people do for me - and was thankful beyond words when one of them actually did.
So that brings me to the present and makes me look around and try to see who around me is having a pre-term twin labor/birth moment in their owns special way, who is praying that someone will scrub out their kitchen sink or rescue them from another monotonous night of dinner and dishes, give them an easy night so their husband can just be their husband when they get home from work instead of a mommy/daddy twinkie pack, picking up all the work of two while wrapped in just on tight package. I'm seeing a few dinner drop-offs in the near future -- probably tonight because my own twinkie-pack husband is home all day and gives me the flexibility/option to get out and do more than I can when he isn't.
Plato said that you should be kind to those around you because everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle!
'Nough said, huh? ;-D So now I'm signing off to roll with these tidal waves and ease the weight placed on some tough but not invincible twinkies out there.
7 years ago
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I was reading this and thinking, "You know? I should try harder to serve when I can, too. It's been a while, and I should be more careful to do something when the opportunity arises."
Then I remembered that the baby I'm bouncing on my knee right now isn't mine. And that I've been watching him for nearly a month now while his parents are at work so his grandparents can be someplace warmer.
I guess it's easy for us to take even ourselves for granted sometimes, isn't it?
I loved this post Melinda. I am in a constant battle with myself sometimes about not having enough time to clean my house, then thinking forget the house go out and talk to your widowed neighbor down the street. And then I think of this thought, "I may not have enough but I have enough to give."
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