Wow! It is beautiful today ;-)
Do you ever have one of the moments when you just feel like everything is right...nothing is weighing on your shoulders? Although we all have our "stuff"...responsibilities at home, work, and financially...well, the list goes on and on, but this morning I got in my car to go pick up my comforter from the dry cleaners (I was freeeeeezzzzing last night) and the air was so fresh and made me feel like I was on top of the world.
A little silly, I know, but those moments are SO great when they come along. I started thinking about how lucky I am to just be healthy, to have family (although they are all up north), and the opportunity to have met so many great and reall.y GOOD people in my experiences.
Even though school is the biggest pain in my a@@ right now, I feel lucky to have the opportunity to go to school, be educated, and move forward. There are so many people out there that aren't as lucky as we all are and it breaks my heart. My mom has always told me that I can't save the world, but I was determined to try!
I remember when I was 9 years old...it was the dead of winter at -14 below zero. I bundled up and told my mom & dad that I wanted to go outside to make snow angels, but really I would look for animals who didn't have any place to get warmth and comfort. I even stole my neighbors dog because he was tied up outside, his water frozen and he didn't really have much of a dog house. I would find an animal and then take it back home and set up a comfortable little space for it with blankets, food and water in the basement. I even let a mouse go free in our house because I saw him out there in the cold. I let him go in the house and told him to hide!! LOL ;-)
At night, after my sisters and parents were asleep, I would go down to the basement with a bunch of blankets and cat food (we had cats when I was growing up) and sleep with all the little animals I had "saved". I pulled this off for about 3 weeks until a bunny had found it's way out of the basement and into the kitchen. My mom was furious! I will never forget that day! She was taking a pan of lasagna out of the oven, turned around and saw this bunny (in a "robe" that I had taken off of one of my dolls so he could be warm), and she then dropped the whole pan on the floor (face down, of course). I introduced them, but that still didn't make her very happy.
I apologize for going off into some weird childhood thing, but I just want to type as I think and not edit my thoughts.
Nonetheless, have a great day and be happy.
Yours truly,
Brigette | 
