You know is going to be a good day, when you open your email and the first email in your Inbox is from your husband and the subject reads "TE AMO" (yes, with big capital letters) then you proceed to open it, just to find a youtube link of not only one of my favorite songs ever but the first song he ever dedicated to me. And just like that my morning brights up and my heart gets even bigger for him.
Life lately around our hood is been flipping awesome, the husband usually gets up around 6:00 am for work, I get up with him just to give him his lunch and give him a little smooch before he heads out, I usually go back to bed to get an extra hour of sleep, then around 7:20 am I wake up to two little creatures secretly sneaking into my bed or a fat lady (I'm referring to my dog Frida ok?) barking because she is hungry or because she has to go outside to you know! do her business.
But, this morning I decided different (wow! Let's talk about spontaneity.) I brewed some coffee, grabbed a blanket, a book and I headed to my cozy living room, there I sat for a whole hour reading my Garcia Marquez book and feeling like the luckiest woman in the world. Luckiest because I have a freaking awesome husband that works so hard for our family, luckiest because I have a healthy little Spider-man and a beautiful, independent ballerina. Luckiest because I have such a strong woman as my mother, luckiest because I have the most beautiful and inspiring brother's that even though they are younger than me, they never cease to amaze me.
I tend to always over think stuff, and most of the times I am very negative but not lately, I genuinely felt the luckiest sitting in the couch this morning, and let me tell you why, our family has been struggling with finances since Amner was under immigration arrest, nothing has been easy since he got out, he has a job and works extremely hard but we just don't seem to be able to get out of the hole, you know there is always something, the car breaks down or a kid gets sick, it's just life right? shit happens! and just to clarify things I am not complaining because I am aware that there is so many people around the globe that have it 300 times worse than us, but lucky us that we have a team full of family and friends that have our backs.
I am not even sure when my way to see life started to change, I have never been interested in having the best car, the best clothes or the latest phone. But I was very negative about everything, maybe I change because I have a very positive husband or the love I feel for my children change me, I really have no clue! what I know is that I like the new positive me a lot better! and you know what, we may not have a fancy car or a $600 stroller but dude! you know what we do have LOVE, lots of it enough to go around the world and to sparkle to some people.
Life is not always roses and sunny days filled with laughter, donuts and lattes, it's actually quite the opposite, trust me, I know! but I believe that everything that has happen to me or my family has been beautiful and necessary, while not everything has been beautiful at times, every moment had a purpose and a lesson to be taught. And at the end I love my life, I love everything about it even the no money part :)
So next time you think your life sucks, think about the world around you, think about kids dying of hunger, all the innocent people dying around the world, families being separated for immigration issues, the list can go on... so tell me do you still think your life sucks while you read this in your fancy new Iphone?
And if you answer still YES! GET UP, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
I tend to always over think stuff, and most of the times I am very negative but not lately, I genuinely felt the luckiest sitting in the couch this morning, and let me tell you why, our family has been struggling with finances since Amner was under immigration arrest, nothing has been easy since he got out, he has a job and works extremely hard but we just don't seem to be able to get out of the hole, you know there is always something, the car breaks down or a kid gets sick, it's just life right? shit happens! and just to clarify things I am not complaining because I am aware that there is so many people around the globe that have it 300 times worse than us, but lucky us that we have a team full of family and friends that have our backs.
I am not even sure when my way to see life started to change, I have never been interested in having the best car, the best clothes or the latest phone. But I was very negative about everything, maybe I change because I have a very positive husband or the love I feel for my children change me, I really have no clue! what I know is that I like the new positive me a lot better! and you know what, we may not have a fancy car or a $600 stroller but dude! you know what we do have LOVE, lots of it enough to go around the world and to sparkle to some people.
Life is not always roses and sunny days filled with laughter, donuts and lattes, it's actually quite the opposite, trust me, I know! but I believe that everything that has happen to me or my family has been beautiful and necessary, while not everything has been beautiful at times, every moment had a purpose and a lesson to be taught. And at the end I love my life, I love everything about it even the no money part :)
So next time you think your life sucks, think about the world around you, think about kids dying of hunger, all the innocent people dying around the world, families being separated for immigration issues, the list can go on... so tell me do you still think your life sucks while you read this in your fancy new Iphone?
And if you answer still YES! GET UP, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
XO
LAU.
