The Bright Spot in My Day

I don’t know about you but I’m over winter and am beyond ready for spring. The past few days of rainy, windy, dreary gloom have been almost more than I care to handle. I left the office today in a bit of a funk, wondering when we’d again see the proverbial platinum lining in the clouds. Yes, I know, it’s supposed to be “silver lining” but you know as well as I do that a sassy gal like me who wears hot pink zebra heels does not settle for silver. J

I drove home tonight and tried to mentally prepare myself for the task of cleaning the house so that I could spend my upcoming weekend doing something way more fun than vacuuming and dusting. That’s when I saw it. I felt like a little kid at Christmas. I spied with my little eye… a package on my front porch!

A package? I didn’t order anything. A package? I wasn’t expecting anything. My first thought was that someone delivered to the wrong end of the street again. Upon closer inspection, that package had my name on it! An out-of-the-blue, platinum-lined little bit of magic on my cloudy day. What could it be? Who was it from? Oh, the suspense was killing me!

Inside a mountain of fluffy tissue paper was another box, neatly tied with a ribbon and a tiny butterfly clip. How Fancy Nancy! The tag read “just because you’re awesome” and I won’t lie, it made me cry. In that moment, I was the most special person on the planet and doesn’t everyone deserve to feel that way every now and then?

This package had come from one of my most favorite people, someone who constantly encourages me, inspires me, and makes me laugh. She is my go-to gal for all things creative and crafty; she is my sounding board for wacky ideas and lofty notions. We have the kind of friendship that picks right up where it left off the last time we talked, the kind of friendship that stands the test of time and the bigger test of miles. She has the intuition to know just when a package of whoopie pies and funfetti cakeballs will solve every problem I ever even thought about having.

Sometimes you need to hear you’re awesome just for being you. Sometimes you need a brown paper package tied up with string (or in this case, a white cardboard box tied with a green and pink ribbon) to remind you that life is full of pleasant surprises. Sometimes you need a little piece of cake with sprinkles to remind you that magic can, and will, show up on your doorstep.

I think I’ll try a little harder tomorrow to be the platinum lining in a cloudy day. I think I’ll try a little harder tomorrow to be a bright spot in a dark corner. I think I’ll try a little harder tomorrow to make someone’s day… something more.