Naturally Happy Being Me: Recall

Friday, June 24, 2011

Recall

I received a recall in the mail for my car. I was scheduled to have the recall done this morning. My husband and I got up early and headed to the local dealership. When I checked in I discovered the recall was not for the car I have owned for the last six years, but was for the Windstar I owned six years ago. Frustrating.

Rather than wasting the extra time before my husband had to be to work, we headed over to Starbucks, ordered a coffee and tea and sat in the car talking. During the week I don't see my husband much since I leave for school before he gets home from work and he is generally asleep when I get home. So, this unexpected time together was very much appreciated.

1 comment:

RA GuyJune 24, 2011 at 7:08 AM
Most people would have stayed frustrated and carried those negative vibes with them all morning long. It was nice that you all were able to instead turn this into a simple, yet special, moment.
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What Did You Like About Your Day?

When my kids were little, we didn’t pray before bedtime as I did as a child. It wasn’t our style. Instead, the four of us cuddled up together and I would ask, “What did you like about today?” I often thought the kids would mention something big we had done that day, but that was never the case. Sophia would share something like, “I liked sitting on Daddy’s backseat.” (Backseat meant shoulders to her at that time.) Alexander might say something like, “When you played Lego’s with me.” They might even give more detailed examples, “I liked when you chased me around the house and we laughed really hard.” What I learned from my kids who were very young is that it isn’t the big things in life that bring us pleasure, it is the simple every day events.

I now have two teens. They stay up much later than me and although we still share many hugs throughout the day, we don’t share our favorite parts of the day very often anymore. I am not ready to give it up though. My life has been changed by focusing on the simple things in life. Here on this blog, I hope to share at least one simple thing each day that makes me "naturally happy being me".