July 3, 2008
11:42 am
Next mood swing… 42 seconds.
It’s amazing how acts of kindness can make everything ok. I received a package just a few minutes ago from Tim’s Mom. Inside this gigantic box was a stationary set with what looks like lilacs on it (one of my favorite flowers…. Oh how I wish mine had bloomed this year!), two pillowcases which she beautifully embroidered with butterflies, two cards she wrote wonderful notes in (I think I love her even more after seeing her handwriting), and an afghan which has left me feeling so loved and overwhelmed. It’s huge! She used different shades of purple (my favorite color!) to form this cozy and very girlie afghan. It’s woven out of little blocks and has a scalloped edge. When I think about how much time and love went into this… I can’t help but feel so blessed and tear up. I took a picture of everything and will post it on here in a moment. I’ll take a picture of me curled up with my afghan one of these days when I don’t feel so blah. Although I know that the days when I feel oh so VERY blah, this afghan will be the first thing I reach for.
Something I’ve been staring at for a while now is a passage from Ecclesiastes at the bottom of one of the cards Tim’s Mom sent me. It says, “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” She very knowingly underlined all the right words. Every purpose. There is a purpose to all of this. I have to keep believing this.
I think I have discovered one of the ways I’ll get through this…. It is in these moments of kindness and thoughtfulness which will make me realize I have so much to keep fighting for.
