Who Does That?!

What's bad is when you're driving home and see an animal that has just been hit by a car still moving in the middle of the road. What's worse is when you pull over to try to help haul it's sad body to the side of the road and realize the people behind you are watching you and not the road, and then they run over the animal again while you are watching, completely horrified. Then, you  rush to the animal, tenderly pick up it's twitching, dying body, and bring it to the side of the road wishing inside that it will miraculously be better- only knowing that it will die within a few minutes. Bawling on the side of the highway over a woodchuck without a chance was me tonight. Then, upon getting home and seeing the new neighbors have cows, I decided that seeing the cows would make me happy. So, with tear stained eyes I introduced myself to the neighbors trying to explain how their cows made me happy after hauling a dying animal off the road... Yep. I'm the crazy neighbor. And I do that.

It's the Little Things...

In a perfect world we'd all end up married to the perfect person... someone who talks to you every day and asks you questions, someone who leaves you random notes to make you smile, someone who cooks, cleans, and helps maintain the household, someone who enjoys spending time doing the same activities as you, and someone who can make you laugh, feel loved, and feel beautiful.

But it's not a perfect world, and we marry the person that we feel will make us the most happy. My husband doesn't do everything I wish he did, but I KNOW that I don't do everything that he wishes I did. It truly is the little things that count.

Last night, my husband didn't throw the rotisserie chicken carcass in the garbage... he threw it outside... in the yard... within view of the upstairs bedroom window... so that I could see my raccoons enjoy a little feast. And I did. My coons (I'm assuming they're from one of my batches but may not be) are looking quite healthy and cleaned up the carcass lickety-split. I LOVED seeing them moving about in our yard, and even sent out a little prayer for them to be smart enough to stay out of the neighbors' yards so they don't get shot.

So, yep, it's things like that, that remind you that you DID marry the person who would make you the most happy- even if other little things are missing. Find joy in what you do have. =)