How are you? Howareyou.... How ARE you? I have been asked that question all of those ways so many times in the last 7 months. You know which one is my favorite? Bet you can guess. I have tried really hard lately to make sure I always ask How ARE you to people and let them respond. It makes me sad that there are SO many people in this world that ask Howareyou....then they turn around and walk away before you can even get the obligatory "good" out of your mouth. If you don't care, don't ask. It's good to care about other people. It's even better to REALLY care and want to know. Sometimes people have had little stresses that they need to get off their shoulders and it's nice to have someone different to talk to. My happy moment today was getting asked, How ARE you? I was asked that by MANY different people today, and I made sure to ask it back the exact same way. Everyone has a something they are going through, and wouldn't it be nice if everyone cared about what everyone was dealing with as well...it makes me HAPPY to have another person tell me their woes. If I can give words of comfort, or words of advise if I have had a similar difficulty...it is so nice to be able to help!
I finished reading an amazing book today. The end of the book was my happy moment. It is called Enjoy Every Sandwich, and oh how I enjoyed each page of that book! It got a little quirky sometimes, but the overall message of that book was exactly what I needed in my life right now. The author even took moments each day to write down some happy moments that happened to him and he found with each day his attitude of gratitude increased and his positive thinking improved...what a great idea! LOL His overall attitude through his trials is what made the author a hero in my book. Much like the author of The Last Lecture, this man found joy and released his fear and found that LIVING was a wonderful adventure.
Tonight was an adult Christmas get together for our congregation at a member's home. We had a light dinner and then a couple of speakers and a spiritual message. I had the best time chatting with my friend Mary who I used to work with at the Family History Center. Come January, we will get to work together again. She is truly Merry and Bright! I love being around her because she is a talker...much like myself, and it is great to be with someone who shares the gift of gab and has so many wonderful stories! I am constantly amazed at how it is hard for me to become really good friend sometimes with people my own age, but in an instant I become friends with people older than myself. Some of my dearest friends are over 50 and I wouldn't trade our special bonds for anything! I just hope I can figure out how to be better friends with people my own age at some point or I am going to awfully lonely in 30 years LOL.
It was so nice to be around everyone from church and have a chance to talk with new people who recently moved in. I also got to chat with people I haven't seen in a while because they either work with the children's program called Primary, or another area. Happy moments catching up with wonderful people and sharing the joy of this time of year.
When we came back home tonight, Joel had put himself to bed! He told the babysitter he was getting tired and went to bed by himself. Oh what a good kid! I told David we must be doing something right! It isn't always easy, but being a parent and not his friend is paying off a little bit lol. I went upstairs to check on him and he was barely falling asleep. He asked for a kiss and a song, which I happily gave him (especially since I will be in the hospital again this week and not sure when I can do a kiss and a song after tomorrow night). Such a peaceful, happy, moment for us both.
Well, tomorrow I am headed out with my family to bury my grandmother. It should be a good day full of memories and love. Can't beat those kinds of days!
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