Day 46 - Life's Lemonade

Ok, seriously….it snowed for much of the day again today which ruined my plans yet again. By mid-morning I found myself honestly getting an underlying frustration building in my core. Well, you know I can’t have that! Shaking it off- I started working on a couple of projects with my music playing in the background- trying to find my happy. I got side tracked for a little bit when I stumbled upon a picture of my family on vacation a couple of summers ago. That got me looking through some old albums of past trips which got me missing the summer even more! I put a little collage together for Facebook (TBT), posted it and moved on. I did some cleaning, some cooking and by the time Vinny got home from work, I had figured out exactly what I wanted to do for my intention today and asked him to come with me.

I reminded myself… when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I know- I know- it’s a corny cliché but it is totally true! The severity of the weather this past month has been a humongous lemon! I have no control over any of that but I do have control over what I do. Today I am going to make (figurative) lemonade. I am going to do a random act of kindness, though it's just a small gesture.

I needed to go to the $1 store to pick up some glass candlesticks for a project I have. When I was there, I walked over to the kid’s toy section. I placed a $1 bill in a Strawberry Shortcake activity book and another $1 in a box of blocks. I made sure they were visible and on the second shelf so a kid would be sure to spot it! That way, when they wanted to get these items- it was already paid for! I know it’s not much but it may make all the difference in the world to a child one day soon.

Vinny and I both walked out of there just as happy as could be smiling and talking away, barely noticing the freezing temps, snow banks the size of small buildings and slippery road conditions. We created lemonade - from just a tiny gesture at the local dollar store.