Just Another Brick in the Wall...the Tuesday edition.

So it's Tuesday. Kids are off to School, Scott just left for work.. I'm alone. Will get my web work done then chore for today.. sweep. Oh, and my daily duty of picking up dog poop from the yard. He doesn't digest food well.. so it's just goo and he goes constantly. Yesterday I scooped 9 piles, (pancakes?).. had to weigh 15 pounds. Disgusting.

I told ya folks, it doesnt get anymore mundane than this.

Yesterday actually turned out to be a crazy day. My friend P came by to visit. I really miss adult conversation. We are both working through stuff so it was good for both of us. She left and not 10 minutes later the lady from Big Sisters arrived (L)... and my inbox got a couple of bits of work from one of my clients.. and then M got off the bus, in a horrid mood. (I work online, all my cllients are women.. the one who sent me the work, is like a second mom to me.. )


Of course the dogs were barking their stupid heads off, L is a person that talks non stop, even as I was trying to get screwed up orders fixed and speak on the phone to customers. So M was moaning and yelling having a fit trying to get her homework done, L was yammering in my ear.. I told her I was still working and if she could just give me 5 minutes..



Then M's new Big Sister T arrived. She is awesome. Someone you just instantly like. Turns out her birthday is the day before M's.. so after the ice was broken (meaning I literally had to physically drag M from her room to meet her).. they were fast friends. This is going to be really good for M. The kids are prisoners of this house just as I am. So at least one day a week, she can get out and have some fun. A blessing to be sure.



It's interesting how T came to be our Big Sister. She called one of the local offices a while back.. and they never returned her call. She forgot all about it. Randomly she came across our local offices poster.. she called.. and that's how we got hooked up with her.



I completely believe, that there was a reason she never heard back from the first office she called.



I am completely sure, there is a reason she randomly saw the poster, in a place she rarely goes, for our local office.



I am completely sure, that I started this process, at the correct time, for all this to come together as it did.



I believe in Divine Providence.



Maybe today I will start on a mini version of a quilt top. Scott has an Expo coming up in 2 weeks, and he would like a variety of things to show off his Framing.

I made the full version for my brother. It hangs in the entryway to his home, the very first thing you see when you walk into his home. (kinda cool huh?)

Here it is, it's called Starry Night. The mini one will be 14x16 w/out a frame.



I'm at a standstill on the quilt I showed yesterday, so I need something to keep my brain busy. Bad things happen if I don't stay occupied.

Tiny Flower?

I'm always curious how people come up with names for blogs, or other online AKA's. Tiny Flower popped into my head today, as I decided to once again start a blog.

Saint Therese of Lisieux is my inspiration. She was a cloistered Carmelite Nun called, Little Flower. Being much less than she, I chose something smaller.

She knew as a Carmelite nun she would never be able to perform great deeds. " Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.

Therese's "little way" of trusting in Jesus to make her holy and relying on small daily sacrifices instead of great deeds appealed to all who were trying to find holiness in ordinary lives.

So, this is how I try and live my life, by doing little things each day. My body fights me at anything I do. Great Deeds are forbidden me as well.

Tiny things, a hug, a smile, doing laundry.. these are all small deeds and I try to do them all with Love.