LIFE HAPPENS...HOW YOU REACT WILL DETERMINE THE OUTCOME.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Perfect Vision

I have heard that when you look back on life you have Perfect Vision.
20/20
You can see your mistakes.
Your happiness.
Your miracles.
Everything Clearly.

So I wanted the kids to look over the past year.
I wanted them to see all the happy things.
Not have a year that they wrote off as a nightmare.
A year of miracles and blessings.

Here is the list of the miracles and blessings that we came up with.
It was great to see through the eyes of my children.
  • Made new friends both old and young
  • Got to go to girl scouts and sold the most cookies
  • Playing at the fun zone at the hospital
  • Learned a lot about cancer and surgeries
  • Got to work hard
  • Learned gratitude for those who help us
  • I know my prayers are answered.  Sometimes in silly ways.
  • I have faith
  • My testimony is much stronger
  • I am braver than I thought I was
  • I loved my new Grandmas that came every morning
  • Went to Disneyland with my cousins
  • Tried new foods from neighbors.
  • Learned responsibility
  • Still had everything that we needed even with expensive bills
  • Odette is a fighter and special
  • We still got to go to church each Sunday
  • We were more healthy this year than normal
  • Went to the zoo A LOT
  • We can do hard things with the Lord's help
  • We are loved unconditionally
  • Cancer does and will always suck.
I am sure the list could go on, however that was the end of their attention span. 
I was amazed and humbled by the list of things the kids came up with. 
Truly they are very special spirits.  
Blessing come in all shapes and sizes.
Miracles do happen.
Happiness can be found in difficult times.
Just take a minute to look back with your perfect vision.

3 comments:

  1. That is so sweet. It brought tears to my eyes. How blessed your family is. I think you are so wise to have your kids do that.

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  2. Thanks for sharing, I really needed to read that after a crappy day... It made me look back and notice the good things that happened today and think maybe today wasn't so bad... I mean I am still alive! :)

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  3. You are such a good mom! Like you said, it only takes a minute to really look back and see all the good that happens around us and to us.

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