{"id":545,"date":"2009-11-15T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2009-11-15T03:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-15T03:55:00","slug":"every-now-and-then-was-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=545","title":{"rendered":"Every Now And Then Was Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/Sv98gX_mT3I\/AAAAAAAAFeg\/10xouf2sZJw\/s1600-h\/DSC04549.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/Sv98gX_mT3I\/AAAAAAAAFeg\/10xouf2sZJw\/s320\/DSC04549.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404174973506310002\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/Sv98grhQRZI\/AAAAAAAAFeo\/V1Mbqu4N6Ks\/s1600-h\/DSC04552.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/Sv98grhQRZI\/AAAAAAAAFeo\/V1Mbqu4N6Ks\/s320\/DSC04552.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404174978747745682\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> HOPE!<\/p>\n<p>Every now and then a woman has a perfectly lovely day for no particular reason.  Nothing out of the ordinary, in fact the day is usually completely ordinary!<\/p>\n<p>Today was such a day.<\/p>\n<p>Just days ago I felt like writing a play by play &#8216;day in the life of ME&#8217; type thing because it all felt so ridiculously difficult.  I wake up assuming I will keep it together and more often then not I have sunk like a stone lately&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Hope<\/span> held me back and I didn&#8217;t blog&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Time to focus on the victory in my life and the blessings and Jesus.  With little steps I went from a dark valley to the hill&#8230; stayed there looking at that monster hill for a while but then the little steps took me slowly up&#8230; I am pretty sure I am still on my way up but &#8216;I&#8217;ve come a long way baby&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>I think my senses are hungry lately&#8230;  my ears really want to hear&#8230; my eyes really want to take it in&#8230; my hands to grasp, clasp, feel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I want to taste and see that the Lord is good! Forgive me if I don&#8217;t mention smell for I have no experience with this sense (wink).<\/p>\n<p>Woke up late (yahoo for sleeping in) and savored a cup of tea drowned in cream and honey toast smothered in cinnamon.<br \/>Took a brisk walk down my fall drenched street to the salon at the community mini mall.<br \/>Meet a wonderful person and she did my hair!  Discovered how small the world was as we talked and realised all the mutual people we know.<br \/>Walked home, very slowly, tickled pink at an excellent hair cut.<br \/>Burst in the door and snuggled my baby, then snuggled my three year old daughter, then hugged my man!<br \/>Chased my older two around and around the kitchen and living room as I cleaned up and they pretended to be <span>spy&#8217;s<\/span> following me.<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon was <span>largely<\/span> spent NAPPING!<\/p>\n<p>The evening was spent grocery shopping.  It was just me and my half sweet gingerbread latte filling the cart.  I was singing and humming the song Daddy and I had sang to Baby Boy just before I left.  He stopped our hearts by singing back to us in his own language and I couldn&#8217;t stop thinking about his little song and head sway&#8230;  I checked myself out with the self serve check out <span>machine<\/span> and had no problems!  Happy, I puttered home..  Eagerly I unpacked the groceries so I could dig into the fresh fruit!<\/p>\n<p>I was welcomed home to a warm house and soft worship music on the stereo.  My man greeted me with the magical news that all four kids where in bed!  I am now eagerly waiting for our evening tea time together!<\/p>\n<p>What was so different about today, what was so special, why can&#8217;t I trap such days in a bottle and save them for later when I am wigging out?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Jesus for all the blessings in my life!  Thank you for the every now and then days!<\/p>\n<p><span>TTFN<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOPE! Every now and then a woman has a perfectly lovely day for no particular reason. Nothing out of the ordinary, in fact the day is usually completely ordinary! Today was such a day. 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