Cold & Alone
So I got up early this morning to head over to G5, as per usual for a Saturday. I was brushing the fresh snow (which we FINALLY got this week!!) off of our little red car, Dixie, and feeling pretty sorry for myself. It was early, and I don't like mornings. It was cold, and my bed had been so warm. It was dark, and I hate dark. It's Saturday, and I'm pretty sure there's a law somewhere that says we should all get Saturdays off. AND I'm in Germany, while everyone that loves me is in Canada (or Texas)!
Anyhoo, as I was driving alone down the road, shivering and silently complaining as per the usual early morning attitude, I was suddenly struck with the thought of what I was wearing at that moment. Hear me out:
I got the jeans in Winnipeg, my mom and Reuben helped me pick 'em out. Linda and Sally bought me the belt in Portage a few years ago - we all got matching ones. The shirt used to be Steph Maygaurd's - my roomate in Calgary. The big ol' cork earings were a gift from Maggie, my awesome German friend. Even the bag I was carrying, I got in Calgary because it reminded me of one that Becky has! And it hit me - these things don't match!
That, and the fact that from head to foot, everything I had with me at that moment reminded me of someone I love incredibly lots.
So my mood did a 180, and I find myself thinking that the gently falling snow is rediculously beautiful, and it couldn't be a better day!
Anyhoo, as I was driving alone down the road, shivering and silently complaining as per the usual early morning attitude, I was suddenly struck with the thought of what I was wearing at that moment. Hear me out:
I got the jeans in Winnipeg, my mom and Reuben helped me pick 'em out. Linda and Sally bought me the belt in Portage a few years ago - we all got matching ones. The shirt used to be Steph Maygaurd's - my roomate in Calgary. The big ol' cork earings were a gift from Maggie, my awesome German friend. Even the bag I was carrying, I got in Calgary because it reminded me of one that Becky has! And it hit me - these things don't match!
That, and the fact that from head to foot, everything I had with me at that moment reminded me of someone I love incredibly lots.
So my mood did a 180, and I find myself thinking that the gently falling snow is rediculously beautiful, and it couldn't be a better day!
posted by K.A.L.M. at 2:38 a.m.
3 Comments:
Hi Mindy!
Awwww! I love how God can just pick us up with just about anything around us to remind us we are loved and not so alone. I've been having a few days of feeling purposeless and God has put little pick me ups in my day too.
Mindy! Email me your address and phone number! :)
Sarah (Duthie)
Hey Minners!
So I'm in New Zealand and I am hanging out with my friend Becki Bergen from Canada that I randomly met at church here...she gets a text from her friend who has just arrived in Wellington, so we go to the hostel where he is staying...he tells me he's from Portage and i say "hey my roommate from CBC was from there" and he said "mindy todd" and i said "well its erickson now, but yes!"
anyways his name is Darren...i cant remember his last name but i am sure you do! What a small world!
Anyways i hope you and kev are doing well. I miss you and i pray for you guys lots!
keep in touch!
xo
bethany (bubble toes)
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