Christmas break is one of my favorite times of the year. I love Christmas, I love breaks, and I love having freedom to just create. Christmas break means 3.5 weeks of rest, movies, and hours of creative moments. Creative moments mean getting behind my camera, painting to my heart's desire, writing, sketching, making lovely things out of unwanted objects... I live for those moments.
The plot twist? I broke my foot 5 days into break. 4 days before Christmas. 3 weeks left of my break.
The plot twist? I broke my foot 5 days into break. 4 days before Christmas. 3 weeks left of my break.
At first, I was totally cool with it. I tend to take plot twists in my life rather well....and I just roll with it.
I cracked some jokes, learned how to be completely (well, almost completely) independent on my crutches, and I realized that the only reason I have a broken foot is because God decided I needed to just REST for a few weeks.
He's not wrong. I definitely need rest.
However, after the initial adventure of it all wore off, I became rather frustrated.
I found myself sitting at the kitchen table for three hours...while I watched my family around me clean, cook, walk, and make themselves lunch. I realized that it now takes me 10 minutes to make a cup of coffee and transport it to my destination...it now takes 30 minutes to make a peanut butter sandwich with an apple on the side...and it now takes me an hour and a half to get ready to go somewhere.
I found myself being antsy, irritated, and unsatisfied with how much work I just became for everyone around me.
At that moment, ALL I wanted to do was grab my camera and escape for a little while... but you cannot exactly go do a photoshoot on crutches.
So, I looked around me.. I tried to find SOMETHING to do... nothing.
And it hit me. I am constantly telling others to find the silver lining, look for the beauty in each situation, and to just enjoy the moment that they are in. I was not doing that. I was not intentionally looking for beauty. It's amazing what you see when you look for something with eyes wide open.
So here's my beauty of that moment.. that frustrating moment of being useless while I watched everyone else be useful.
I cracked some jokes, learned how to be completely (well, almost completely) independent on my crutches, and I realized that the only reason I have a broken foot is because God decided I needed to just REST for a few weeks.
He's not wrong. I definitely need rest.
However, after the initial adventure of it all wore off, I became rather frustrated.
I found myself sitting at the kitchen table for three hours...while I watched my family around me clean, cook, walk, and make themselves lunch. I realized that it now takes me 10 minutes to make a cup of coffee and transport it to my destination...it now takes 30 minutes to make a peanut butter sandwich with an apple on the side...and it now takes me an hour and a half to get ready to go somewhere.
I found myself being antsy, irritated, and unsatisfied with how much work I just became for everyone around me.
At that moment, ALL I wanted to do was grab my camera and escape for a little while... but you cannot exactly go do a photoshoot on crutches.
So, I looked around me.. I tried to find SOMETHING to do... nothing.
And it hit me. I am constantly telling others to find the silver lining, look for the beauty in each situation, and to just enjoy the moment that they are in. I was not doing that. I was not intentionally looking for beauty. It's amazing what you see when you look for something with eyes wide open.
So here's my beauty of that moment.. that frustrating moment of being useless while I watched everyone else be useful.
Having a broken foot means spending more time than normal on my backside... which means more time to explore Pinterest. I love the beauty, inspiration, and creativity of Pinterest. I love that I get some time to organize, build, and create new ideas.
For Christmas, I was given this Intros Tablet. Have you ever used one? I am loving it.
Being put at a table for extended amounts of time has given me the opportunity to explore, create, and imagine with it.. I have already been seeing how it will be an amazing contribution to this blog and to my own projects. I'd love to hear if any of you have experience with it or ideas for it!
Being put at a table for extended amounts of time has given me the opportunity to explore, create, and imagine with it.. I have already been seeing how it will be an amazing contribution to this blog and to my own projects. I'd love to hear if any of you have experience with it or ideas for it!
Piles of Christmas cookies from aunts who have never let me down. My aunts make the BEST Christmas cookies... and I don't even like cookies...but I love theirs!
The salt shaker means family dinner. It has seen many meals and unmeasured laughter.. memories that are etched into my heart forever.
The salt shaker means family dinner. It has seen many meals and unmeasured laughter.. memories that are etched into my heart forever.
My phone is never far...and that means that this reminder of school is never far, either. I am beyond grateful that God has placed me at Summit University. Friends, mentors, worship, memories..all centered around Him and His grace. My heart is overwhelmed with His goodness.
I bought this mug on my senior trip right before I graduated High School. Every time I come home, it's a list more worn...because I know it is one of my mom's favorite mugs. It makes my heart smile that she uses it so much while I am gone.
This rocking chair is generations old... it's use is for holding a basket of pine cones or a basket of dog treats..but it graces our home. My great-grandma had it in her home once, and now it is in ours. I also have a thing for antique, worn, beautiful pieces of furniture.
This rocking chair is generations old... it's use is for holding a basket of pine cones or a basket of dog treats..but it graces our home. My great-grandma had it in her home once, and now it is in ours. I also have a thing for antique, worn, beautiful pieces of furniture.
Home means seeing my father's many jackets hung over the chairs at our kitchen table...and home means teasing him about it almost every day.
A broken foot limits my mobility and puts a stopper on many activities.. But I choose to spend the next month looking for the beauty in the brokenness rather than throwing a self pity party.
Stopping to notice the small details makes you realize just how blessed you really are. Life is not made up of all of the "big" moments..but the memories that salt shakers, misplaced jackets, and old rocking chairs bring you.
Never take those little moments for granted..you may just want them back someday.
What are your moments you see right now? I'd love to hear how you see your world!
Stopping to notice the small details makes you realize just how blessed you really are. Life is not made up of all of the "big" moments..but the memories that salt shakers, misplaced jackets, and old rocking chairs bring you.
Never take those little moments for granted..you may just want them back someday.
What are your moments you see right now? I'd love to hear how you see your world!