“Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles. Notice them”.

I had a dream last night that I passed away.  In my dream I had come back as Liberty and Bella’s angel.  God was letting me stay on earth with them as their guardian angel, to guide them through difficult times without their mother.  I woke up crying.  What if?  What if we don't cherish these moments in front of us?

God has a way of talking to us through our dreams, our conscience, and a lot of times through the beauty of nature.  A good friend of mine always told me that GOD is your conscience, so listen to it!  The last few days I have felt a little wound, anxious, and impatient.  These are some of the emotions that have to be dismissed around two toddlers!  Everything runs on their schedule, not ours.  Liberty always is sneaking out the front door without shoes, running to play in the dirt or to try to sneak over to Nana Loco’s. (That’s Alfreda)  I get so cranky sometimes…today I stopped to think about what must be going through her mind.  What a beautiful life children lead.  Their worries come and go so quickly, an ouchie is healed with a kiss, and crankiness is dismissed with a snack or drink. 

I need to be more like them.  I need to see the world through their eyes.  Sparkling grass after a rare rain must seem like diamonds in a magical forest…puddles on the slide are just itching to be jumped in, and the flowers have so much color and would be a beautiful bouquet fit for a princess.  I must not see their muddy feet and hands as a burden.  I need to clamp my mouth shut when they mutilate a new pot of freshly planted flowers, and I need to join in when they skid down the wet slide. 

Because, you see, this is the life.  This is the life that I have waited years to live.  This is what Jake and I yearned for, for three long years before God granted us our wish. The smiles on their faces when they discover something new, their high pitched laughs when they play with our dog, and their loud “moo’s” when we check the cattle….that is when God is smiling down on us.  I picture him in the clouds with his eyes twinkling, and thinking…now this, this is a beautiful life. 

I think God was telling me in my dream that today was a day not to worry, not to over think, not to be anxious, and to just be.

 

My wish for you is that you will soak up these moments with your loved ones.  Dig in the sand box with your kids, scream loudly on the 4-wheeler with them, sing and dance across the living room, and most of all…laugh with them.  My favorite sound is the laughing of our girls.  Jake had them both up on our bed this morning, tickling them.  Seeing their smiling faces and hiccupping laughter about brought me to tears.  These are the moments…these are the moments that we will remember for the rest of our lives.

“Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles. Notice them”.