Simple Sparkle

Last night another ordinary night was made extraordinary... just by our love. Getting ready for the next day and ready to go to sleep, Eric to Chanel outside before bed to do her "business". When he came back in, he took me outside because there was something I just had to see! When I went outside, what I saw was nothing short of AMAZING! God made our life literally sparkle with a million fireflies.




We just stood there together, the three of us, looking into the wooded wetland area in astonishment of something so simple, yet incredibly beautiful. All the talk recently about plans, future, money, savings, everyday little stresses all seemed absolutely a waste of time compared to that moment, right there.




As I stood hand in hand with my husband and our little furry baby by our side, I couldn't help but feel so incredibly blessed... and that for just that one minute, God was telling me he does answer all prayers. We just need to take the time to stop our planning, our neurotic controlling-of-our-own-life behavior long enough to listen.

We live in a world where there is so much pain, uncertainty, and confusion that everywhere you turn you have one of two choices, you can see bugs or you can see sparkle. I prefer to live my life amongst the sparkle...