after watching all the news and twitter feeds about connecticut, i started kind of having a panic attack/feeling clausterphobic, so I decided I needed some pretty scenery and a nice run.
maybe just because I was focusing on them, but there were kids EVERYONE. kid's happy that they got early release on the last day of school before Christmas break. Kids talking about their Christmas lists. Kids loud and screaming ALL over the park. All I could think about was the 20 sets of parents across the country that would give anything to hear their babies screaming and running around the park.
i was just so sad. i was pretty much alone on the tree-lined trail and I came around the corner and saw this random little tree decorated.
i burst into blubbery tears and literally was sobbing so loud and hard that I couldn't see out of my tear stained eyes. It was what my heart needed. It was like in ALLLLLL the forest-y trees, someone knew we needed a shining light right here.
it's the simple things. it really is.
god is good, all the time.
all the time, god is good.
i feel like i was chanting this all day in my head.
hug your babies a little tighter today, and take a few extra seconds to soak in the REAL beauty of christmas. whether its the sound of the red bell ringer at the grocery store or the tinsel covered fir tree on the boulevard trail.
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