My Cup Runneth Over!!

My cup runneth over...

I can't begin to explain how humbled we are by every person in our lives; be it GOD, family, friends, neighbors, church, the community and even strangers. The words of encouragement, the meals/goodies prepared or purchased with love, the calls and emails that are so touching, the cards received in the mail with words of everything from emotional support to belly aching laughter...I could keep going and going.

Early yesterday I received a call from Lynn (the unbelievably amazing woman that I spoke about in earlier posts who has gone through what I am about to go through and more) and she mentioned she would like to meet me in person and would tomorrow (today) be okay. Of course...it was more than okay...the fact that she was taking time out of her busy schedule to meet me was a blessing. I think I was glowing the rest of the day just thinking about it. (I'll get back to her later in the post.)

The day went on and around every corner was another blessing of some sort...some big, some small but ALL appreciated. Don't get me wrong...I have been blessed so much in life so it's not like I'm just now being blessed it's just that I'm now taking more time to realize what all is a blessing.

Last night we had a terrific dinner prepared by another amazing neighbor (we’ve gotten one every week and I have one thawing to bake for tonight from one of my loving daycare families) so as I stood in my kitchen thinking about how lucky I am, I had no idea how evident it would become. See on occasion I have a glass of wine with my dinner (especially Italian meals) and it just so happened I had some in the fridge (the box kind with the screw spout). So I baked the provided dinner, sat the table and waited for Dan to get home to have our family dinner. As I started to pour myself a glass of wine I felt so overcome with emotion and gratitude that I didn't realize the glass was almost full. I started to stumble to screw the spout closed and it wouldn't close. The wine starts to over flow EVERYWHERE; on my hand, on the floor, on my feet, on the counter. I started to get upset and thought, "Oh no what a mess and a waste" and finally I got the box over to the sink and realized that all along I was trying to close it the wrong way (blonde moment) and I just started to laugh and then cry and then laugh some more and mumbled to myself (as my children sat in shock to see how I was going to act b/c if they had made this mess I would have been irate) MY CUP RUNNETH OVER...with joy, faith, love, happiness, worry, appreciation, anxiousness and on and on. What a day!!!

This morning I met Lynn...could she be any more amazing? She suggested McDonald's so Landon could play while we talked. She brought photos of herself right after her surgeries, she let me see her hair that's growing back in and where the scars are, she offered to help in any way possible. She doesn't even know me...how cool is that? She let me see a REAL person that has gone through what I'm about to go through and she's GREAT...no problems! I know I will be great too.

This afternoon the door bell rang and there was the UPS guy with a package. As I am typing this I received yet another blessing...dear friends of ours just sent me a beautiful blanket with the inspiring words "warm embrace" throughout it and right in the middle is says "Jenny's Journey". It is just so overwhelming how much people care and I can't thank you all enough!

As I sat to type this today I wondered if I would have much to say...seriously me have nothing to say?!?!?! I know this was long but it really keeps me focused when I journal...you all just pay the price for it, lol!

Thanks again for EVERYTHING you ALL do...it is ALL so appreciated!

Lots of love,
Jenny