Wednesday, February 4, 2026

LOOK and YOU might be SURPRISED at WHAT YOU FIND

       I started to CLEAN OUT my closet but I ended up APPARENTLY SHOPPING because I had FORGOTTEN about a few things that I FORGOT THAT I HAD BOUGHT.

       I was LOOKING IN BOXES that had BEEN THERE FOR YEARS and FOUND that I HONESTLY had FORGOTTEN about MANY things.

      I REMEMBERED when I was at a CREATIVE WRITING CLASS a couple DECADES AGO and one day OUR ASSIGNMENT was to WRITE about WHAT YOU FIND in a BOX IN YOUR CLOSET that YOU FORGOT about.

       So then as I SAW A BOX I would TRY TO GUESS WHAT was INSIDE IT.

       And I FOUND MANY FUN THINGS that I was EXCITED to FIND and it DIDN'T COST ME A PENNY.

      I was TELLING my friend about how much FUN it actually was CLEANING OUT MY CLOSET. 

      I SENT HER A PICTURE of a STACK of things that I FOUND that I knew I DIDN'T WANT to KEEP ANYMORE.

      And believe it or NOT my friend SAW SOMETHING that she NEEDED in MY PILE so she was able to SHOP FOR FREE TOO.

      One day ASK yourself what is in that BOX IN YOUR CLOSET? Then one day when you have time YOU can LOOK INSIDE of it and HAVE FUN 😊 

     

      

Monday, February 2, 2026

Your DIFFICULTIES can turn out to be......

      I will NEVER FORGET the day we had the COOKING STRUGGLE WE had because it turned out to be an AWESOME MEMORY WE HAD TOGETHER.

      I will NEVER FORGET the BUMPY ROAD WE HAD that LEAD US to OUR EXCITING ADVENTURE.

    I will NEVER FORGET the day we had GETTING WET FROM ALL THE RAIN because WE COULDN'T FIND MY CAR.

     Of course GETTING WET was NOT OUR PLAN but WE will ALWAYS REMEMBER the FUN WE HAD THAT DAY even though WE WERE COLD AND WET.

     NOT EVERY MEMORY YOU TREASURE is PLANNED but EVERY MEMORY YOU MAKE is SPECIAL MEMORIES that YOU SHARED TOGETHER.

     Of course if WE COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT WE WOULD HAVE but the TRUTH IS that it was ONE OF OUR FAVORITE MEMORIES WE SHARED TOGETHER.

       YOU MAY NOT THINK YOU NEED IT but sometimes YOU NEED TO FACE YOUR STRUGGLES in order to GROW UP to be HAPPY AND HEALTHY.

      What YOU LEARN WHILE YOU ARE LEARNING IT is FULL OF HAPPY MEMORIES YOU MADE to LEARN WHAT YOU NEEDED TO LEARN.

       LIFE is FULL OF MANY THINGS that can ONLY BE LEARNED BY LEARNING IT.

      WE EACH ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE so ENJOY YOUR LIFE WHILE YOU ARE LIVING IT.