Timing

The kids and I happened to walk into the kitchen at just the right time this evening.  Usually our host mother has a little something to eat before we come down to eat.  Today we showed up a few minutes early and she joined us for dinner.  It turned out to be a blessing because Veronica and I were able to talk for an hour about daily things.  We talked like old friends which was really good.  Another really great thing about that is I talked for an hour in Spanish and she understood me!  Lucas was even able to say a few things in Spanish too.  He is understanding so much now and tries to use Spanish whenever he can.  Kids are such sponges.

Today I also forgot to pack a snack for the kids when we went to daycare.  It is a long day without a snack, but luckily Lucas chose to help in the four and five year old class which happened to be talking about fruits today and all brought fruit for a fruit salad.  All of the fruit had a peel that could be peeled off and thus we could eat it.  We were so lucky to be able to eat the fruit salad and the kids got to try papaya.  Talk about a good day to choose that classroom.

I know for sure God was looking over us today and I am so thankful.  I think that it really pays to look back at a day and see all the things that fell into place for you that day to help us be thankful and put things in perspective.  It is easy to look at our lives and see that no big good thing has happened.  If we look harder though, there may be a multitude of good little things that worked out for us.  If we spend our reflection time on the little things, it helps improve our outlook for achieving the bigger things on the horizon.  I plan to be thankful for the little things and the big ones.