Words really cannot even express how blessed I am, but I'll try😋
I don't know how aware my friends are of how miraculous they are, and how valued, but I'm here to tell you and them.
There is that saying "to the world you are one person, but to one person you are the world". Aside from the romantic bent of this saying, to me this saying reminds us it's all about perspective. A small favor or a simple thought or kindness may not seem like a big deal to you as you do it, but to the person you do it for that may be a miracle and exactly what they need to keep going that day.
So, today a dear friend brought me coffee from my absolute favorite coffee place. We were supposed to meet for breakfast there, but I had to flake on her at the last minute because I'm still feeling so poorly (did you hear I have a sinus infection? True story). Instead of this friend being upset that I cancelled just before our meet time, that we've been trying to schedule for months by the way, or even just saying "ok, no problem I hope you feel better" which would still have qualified as an awesome and understanding friend, she went to the place we were supposed to meet, got me my absolute favorite coffee and drove to my house to deliver it to me. With half n half, exactly the way I like it. (Without me telling her, she just knew).Today I'm lying in bed in our guest room bundled in a blanket in my 70 degree house, watching my 3.5 year old play on the floor and trying to participate in his play as much as possible. I'd like to be curled up under this huge down comforter, with my painful eyes closed and drift into oblivion where there's no pain, but that's not in the cards until my husband gets home later. (That's a whole other post...) So, the thought of getting out of this bed at all makes me sad and full of dread.
Knowing without me telling her, not only did this friend bring me coffee, she let herself in to my house (we have a door code) to deliver my coffee to me, so I didn't even have to get up.
I don't know about you, but lying in bed, feeling like crap and having a dear friend who has seen you at your worst and best, (today being closer to the worst side of the scale) bring you your favorite coffee in bed really turns that day around from total crap to a pretty good start. It honestly makes me tear up to think about it and to fervently count my many blessings.
Throughout this latest health journey of 7 years, friends (and family of course, but we have none very close by so friends have really become family) have taken my kids for the day or even just for an hour so I could rest, picked things up for me at stores they happened to be at and just thought of me, made my family dinner, brought me treats and candy:), driven my kids where they need to go, picked me up from hospitals when I was too sick to drive home and then driven me right back there again days later to pick up the car I had to leave there, they've come to lie in bed with me for company when I can't get up, left surprises and flowers (just because it's Tuesday:) on my doorstep, brought me coffee;) and just shown such an incredible amount of love and compassion. I can't even express in words what it has meant to me and continues to mean. I don't know what I've ever done to deserve it and I will never be able to repay so much kindness, at least physically, but I hope they know that no matter how small or huge a kindness or favor, literally saving me when I'm stuck or too sick to function or dropping off a coffee, I do not take any of it for granted, I realize and notice every single thing you all do for me, including even just sincerely asking about and listening to how I'm doing, and I love you for it. Truly. You've opened my mind and heart to what it means to have true friends and taught me that's it's ok to rely on people.
Small things, tiny things, huge things, medium things and things you may not even think about or don't even make a dent in your world may be the world to someone that day or in that moment. Trust me. Kindness is never wasted no matter the size.
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