A little Spring in my step

This goofy guy is my cousin!  His name is Donny Davis.  I don't really know him all that well but found this picture of him on facebook.  He live the "rich & famous" life actually.  He was in the movie Pain & Gain.

I have recently borrowed her Circut from a friend of mine.  I have had so much fun playing with it and creating.....I thought these little flower boxes decorated with the flower and filled with chocolate kisses would be great for Mother's Day....to sell at church on the Mission Table maybe. 

These are called Orange Blossoms.  I found this cute little flower pot of flowers at Safeway yesterday.

Yesterday was Easter.  It wasn't a big deal for us.  Micah was working all day.  Kyle at his dad's and Karlee, Sara & I went to church then I dropped Karlee off at work.  While in church I had gotten a text message from the woman that rents from us downstairs.  She works at the hospital on the weekends.  We hadn't seen her care since Friday and were concerned.  She was in the hospital with a bad kidney infection.  I had told Micah and sent back suggesting that I go visit her after church.  It was a great idea!

This woman has had it rough just like the rest of us and doing what she needs to do to get through the days.  She had four children, ranging in age from 11 to 2, recently divorced and in her early 30s.  She gets her kids every other week.  She was suppose to have them yesterday and this week, being in the hospital has put a kink in the plans.  She loves Flagstaff but most of the friends she had for whatever reason are more on her ex's side than hers.  She has more friends in Phoenix.

Micah & I  sympathize with her and have offered to be there for her and the kids if she ever needed a helping hand.  When she has the kids it's like a tornado hit, landed and moved on, frustration can be heard and our heart aches.

Sara & I went up to the hospital after church.  She was so surprised and happy to see us.  We stayed for a bit and then left to go get some of her clothing and things.  Before heading up the second time I stopped and picked up the flowers that are shown in the picture above along with a little baggie of Easter candy from the house to surprise her with.  We stayed about an hour.  She was feeling a little better before we had left.  It was great to see her smile and so happy that we had came to visit her.  I'm so thankful for the suggestion from Micah to put a little spring into my step.

Afterwards I went home to cook dinner and have it ready before Micah came home.  It had been a long time that I felt inspired to please my husband with dinner ready.  I wanted to make another smile and give the gift of kindness and love.

Thankful to the Lord for giving me that spring in my step and the strengthen to push through how tired and achy my body was feeling.  It was all well worth it!