stapler face...and words of affirmation

it has been a good couple of days and i am so glad that tomorrow is just around the corner...symbolic corner that it is. my kids are moving nicely on their books-so proud! and in between editing a couple of the last papers, i noticed that my stapler had a face!

we had a short conversation when no one was looking.

then has anyone seen late night with jimmy fallon? well, in my head i was doing the little sketch he does about thank you notes as i wrote some notes today..it was quite comical in my head, too bad i couldn't share it with anyone!

yesterday i got home and heated up the tamales and then went to the store to grab some salsa and took it up to the office. just call me 'favorite tenant of the minute.' they kinda have swing shifts, so i was hoping that mandy and shannon would both be there (because they are the 2 that know the boys best). well, i was thrilled to see that both of their cars were there! so even though i got there about 15 minutes before the office closes, mandy was ready to give 'em a try-i'm glad they like tamales because it's kind of a fun gift.

i got to send a fun gift to a dear friend from high school and the part that was most fun for me was writing a special note to her. then, when i was writing the note for mandy and shannon at the office, i realize that one of my love languages is words of affirmation in written form-i love expressing through written words. but sadly, the other thing that i realized is that i have not been very good at doing that lately. the confession is that sometimes i am stingy with my compliments and words of encouragement-why? i don't know, but i know i need to work on that! i believe that people do need to hear that they are special...that they are appreciated...that what they do does in fact matter...i believe that i have become lackadaisical in my effort to care about others...perhaps that comes of relying too much on me, and i am weak. note to self: it is not about me...it IS about Jesus.

it is much easier to show love or give words of affirmation to friends and people i am close to, but how much more difficult is it to love the unlovable...this is something i need to work on.

and that is what has been on my mind over the past couple of weeks.

give compliments freely-they cost nothing and there will never be a shortage,
julie