Strawberry Popsicles

Lately I have been consumed with strawberries. I wake up in the middle of the night thinking about them. Throughout the day, I think about them... It's insane. So, I found these great strawberry popsicles. I have eaten three today. They are so good!!!

I was thinking about Christmas today. This is a really special year. Hubby and I have never celebrated a Christmas together. I am really excited. Isn't it crazy to think that Hubby and I did not even really know each other last year? I have alot to be thankful for this year. God has performed so many miracles in my life. There are the big miracles - bringing me and Hubby together for one...and others... But there are those little everyday miracles that most people just think are part of the ordinary. But they aren't. It is those little times where a sunset is so beautiful that it takes your breath away. Or that cute little baby at the family Thanksgiving dinner. ( Four of my cousins had babies this year. They are so cute!!!-The babies, that is.) Sometimes I can just really be in such a bad mood. I mean things can really be making me lose sight of how I really should be feeling at the time. And then it will happen - a miracle. Something that stops me in my tracks and puts everything into perspective. No, I don't think that those little things are just everyday coincidences. I think that God puts them there. Little everyday miracles.

The miracle that I always think about happened about 2 years ago, but it still makes me smile. I worked at a grocery store pharmacy - which was CRAZY!!! I was leaving for the day- and in a very sour mood. This little boy stopped right in front of me as I was walking out of the door. My initial reaction was to think "Lady, can you keep an eye on your kid? I mean I could trip over him, and he is adding seconds to the time that I am in this place." But then I realized what he was doing. He had grabbed a grape from produce. He put the grape in the runner of the electric sliding door to watch it get smooshed. That's when the miracle happened. I was suddenly reminded that life isn't supposed to be spent feeling aggravated or angry - Life was about watching grapes explode in the electric door at the grocery store. (Okay, not really.) But we should be more childlike. After all, didn't Jesus say "...the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." And he was talking about children. Isn't that awesome?