One of Those Days

Today was one of those days. That's right, one of THOSE days. It was a day filled to the brim with things to do. A day that if I happened to miss a beat, the next appointment would sneak up on me without warning. But, it was a good one of those days. Everything fell into place. Now that it is over, it almost feels surreal. Do you ever experience that feeling?

The day has washed away. It went smoothly, almost uneventful. But each day is a gift. There has to be some treasure in it, so this is my time to look for it.

I was able to spend precious time with each of my daughters alone as we traveled. Have you thought about that as a special time? A time where only your private thoughts are shared between you and your loved one? I consider it a privilege to be able to chauffer my girls around at ages 17 and 19. Sure, it takes time out of my day, but if it didn't, then I would miss all of those precious conversations or they would have to take place on the fly.

My piano students came today. What a blessing they are - each one of them! I chuckled when one of them told me that she thought she may have told her grandmother to pick her and her sister up a half an hour late. (She said she wasn't quite sure what our official end time was supposed to be! lol) It didn't bother me a bit; we tend to run late anyway. Knowing we had extra time though was not a good thing…it made me run double late! But we had a good time! The afternoon students were full of questions and laughs. (More treasures for my day!)

Those were the things that seemed to take up the largest chunks of my day, but when I took time to look a little deeper, I realized that my day was completed with a little time with a few precious friends, in person and via phone/computer.

The point in rehashing my day is this: Just because it was one of THOSE days that left me feeling like it was just an ordinary busy day, means that I need to take this time at the end of my day to rediscover what my day was really all about. There was purpose to it. There was a definite give and take complete with blessings all around. That is what I need to remember to focus on when I feel like I wasn't able to get anything done "for myself". Because in all reality, I really did get something done for myself. I was able to be there for others. Life wouldn't be the same if we couldn't give of ourselves.