I am so overwhelmed with joy!

Sometimes, I just well up with tears...I am so overwhelmed with the things God has given me. I do not deserve this good life...I am far from a perfect person. I am able to give so much more if I only searched for the opportunities. This joy I experience is a tribute to God's mercy and loving kindness toward a very ordinary person. He doesn't give us what we deserve...thank you God!

Last Friday, my friends came over to my home for lunch. I am not much of a cook having lost my rabbit's foot (as my grandmother would say) over the past years due to the lack of practice. I had to search the Internet for "ladies' luncheon menus". I considered a Greek festival, an Italian feast or cute little "ladyfinger" sandwiches with fruit and brie. I finally settled on Imperial Chicken ("never fail crowd-pleaser"), a pasta salad, cheesy biscuits that "melt in your mouth", and a frozen concoction of Cool Whip, Pecan Sandies, peanut butter and chocolate. Hmmm...the chicken was OK. The biscuits looked like beat up hockey pucks (but they were short and tasty like the recipe promised), the pasta salad was pretty good, and the pie was fabuloso! I made it again for my family for Sunday dinner. My husband got into the act (I love him so much!) by helping me prepare for the big day. My house keeper was supposed to come clean for me the day before the luncheon; I was out of town. The night before the luncheon, I got a call from my husband saying that she didn't come. I immediately began the drive home expecting a very late night of housework. When I got there, my sweet husband had already cleaned (and he knows how to clean girls) the main rooms of our home. Whew! He is my rock!

In times past, I would have been all upset and angry that my home was not perfectly clean and I had PEOPLE coming over!! I would have cried over the hockey puck biscuits. I would have been soooo relieved when the PEOPLE left so I could finally relax about the whole ordeal. But, that was in times past. My earlier posts would explain the metamorphosis that I am currently going through in this new stage in my life. I did not get upset about the no-show housekeeper or the Imperial Chicken recipe. I did make jokes with my friends about my biscuits. And, I enjoyed every single minute of that day...every single minute. We even made plans to take an overnight trip together next month. One of our group members suggested a wonderful idea...to create a necklace full of charms and what-nots collected from all of us, and then we would take turns wearing it. It's like the "sisterhood of the traveling pants....err...necklace"! I have already chosen a few of my beads and charms from my collection to add to this creation of friendship.