Thank you Taylor Swift, dark chocolate, art, and...my dad.
It was a Saturday night, home with my dad, and I was plain old bummed out. I had constant tears behind my eyeballs, spitting out a few, every-once-in-a-while, for "no reason". My voice was shaky; my body language droopy. Some dads, in this situation, might just freeze up and have no clue what to do. Not this dad. He turned on Taylor Swift, set out two pieces of dark chocolate, and together, we did art. We therapeutically filled our ceramic tiles with concreted pottery on them, with grout. That's it! We filled and pulled, and smoothed, and waited, and did it all over again. I ended up with a night where instead of complaining, I created; where instead of crying, I was calm.
Thank you Taylor Swift, dark chocolate, art, and...my dad.
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I just have to share these wonderful LIFE-giving moments I experienced this past week on a trip back to Mexico to visit YWAM friends. There were so MANY times I seriously wondered if my heart was going to overflow with joy. So---here they are.
Being with friends, laughter, comfort in tears, sense of welcome and home, hugs, friend love, beach, running in the rain, listening to Hillsong, wide open rocky terrain, 85 degrees air with a breeze at nighttime, being wanted, traveling alone, feeling beautiful, time just to talk- just to cry- just to worship- just to pray, waking up early just from excitement, seeing friends be newly married, power of quality time, pouring out of hearts, working out so hard the sweat looks like water, being spontaneous, pink sunsets over the ocean, smiling so much my face hurts, breeze and sunshine and music and pizza, fruit smoothies, exploring newness, reconnecting, palm trees, cold sand, restoration, growth and healing, long talks, radiating happiness. |