Mostly because I just love to write I want to share my day yesterday. In fact our prompt had something to do with written letters. I didn’t follow the prompt. I followed my heart.
I decided that yesterday since I didn’t have the responsibility to pick up Abbie from school that I would exchange a gift I had bought in uptown. I had been told about an Assistance League in Whittier and wanted to see what it was all about. I ended up finding a nice set of Christmas stationary with matching envelopes for a great price. I walked to my car when I was done and looked up into the sky where I say this (below) and although it’s kind of blurry because my eyes saw this much better than I can show you here, I was totally intrigued and yes, mesmerized, I think I can honestly say I was mesmerized because it was just completely awesome to witness tons of birds just flying above me like this.
I then headed off to the store I had a gift to exchange. I parked where I don’t normally park and because of this I saw a charming old home, I think built in 1901 that was a store and a B&B all in one. Of course I had to see what it was about. A really beautiful woman owned this B&B and shop with her daughter and it was a dream of hers to do this and her daughter helped make that dream come true. She had only lived here in California for 3 years total and this was a really big dream you know. Rachel was her name and she was so kind, she even told me if ever she needed help she would call me to help her work at her shop, she also gave me a sweet tiny angel just because. The entire experience was a good one. I bought a few sweet things from her shop and her prices were reasonable, it was more of a consignment shop with interesting odds and ins.
I was crossing the street to my car when I looked down right in the middle of the street was a heart made from blue tape. I had to be careful not to be hit by a car when I shot this picture quick. But I had to take the picture, it’s been a while since I shared a heart found.
I finally got to the purpose of my trip and exchanged that gift and decided to buy a cup of coffee because I love being by myself and sitting in quite and I really love good coffee drinks. While I ordered my coffee the darling gal behind the counter was helping a younger boy with his math while she also helped me with my coffee. I asked her if she loved math, she said she really loved math and so I said, you must be good at it. She said she was good at it. Then I asked if she tutored because I had been looking for a math tutor for our littlest and only girl. Guess what? She tutors math. I got her number and I like to say…God found us our math tutor. I also drank a very good latte and to me the drink had an angle on top. Looked totally like an angel to me.
I popped in another unique shop on my way to the used bookstore at the top of the hill and decided to take a (head shot in the bookstore with all the posters they had on the wall) and I thought their window display was exactly right up my alley.
Today was GOOD and as I walked up to the back of my car to put in the packages I had in my hands, I saw my own little message on my window “Everything will be OK” and you know life is not perfect and there are a lot of really terrible things that may happen. A house caught fire in my neighborhood today, which really gave me a heavy heart and I thought it was such sad news to hear that Alan Thicke had a massive heart attack and passed away at such a young age the day before. I don’t exactly understand why these kinds of things happen but I do know life is beautiful, hard, sad at times, full of lots of joy at other times and I have learned that it’s all a part of how this life is engineered and it’s on purpose. It’s important that we experience it all.
Lastly, I know that my batteries were re-charged by my purposeful outing yesterday. That as an introvert I need alone time. It’s important. Make sure and set aside what’s important to you, it makes a difference in your day.