"....When the dog bites, when the bee stings......"

".......I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad!"  (~The Sound of Music)

Most of the time I try to keep my blog posts positive, happy, light-hearted and fun, since that's what most people enjoy reading about.  But life isn't always positive, happy, light-hearted and fun.  Every now and then I feel the need to share my thoughts, my fears and my questions.  Last night I laid awake for most of the night as my mind wondered to places I never wanted it to.  I desperately wanted to fall asleep, but my thoughts were racing and my mind refused to shut down for the night.  Yesterday I received some very shocking, tragic news that hit me so hard that I have yet to get it off my mind.  I learned that a very dear friend of our family's died suddenly of a massive brain hemorrhage while at the beach with her family for the holiday weekend.  She was literally here one minute and gone the next.  She was young, healthy and happy.  She left behind a husband and her only daughter, who is 25.  With the passing of Mrs. Lucy yesterday, this makes THREE young girls who are friends of mine that have lost their Mothers in the past two months.  I can't even begin to imagine how these girls are coping with such a loss.  Particularly a loss that was so unexpected and so sudden.  Since October, I have had THREE more friends/acquaintances who have lost their precious babies and children to unexpected death.  So that makes six families who have had to deal with unimaginable, devastating circumstances.....circumstances which I cannot even begin to comprehend.  I must have gone into Kyndall's room just to check on her 10 times last night and turned to see Matthew's chest rising over and over again as I laid awake with thoughts of death, dying and loss racing through my mind. 
I've never really had any deep feelings on the subject of death until now, because thankfully I haven't had to experience much of it in my short lifetime.  I've seen others go through it, but it's never hit me as hard as it has the past few weeks.  It's so real to me now.  Too real.  Too close for comfort.  Suddenly I find myself thinking about it constantly.  It's always on my mind, almost to the point of paranoia.  I worry, I fear, I check, I re-check, I question, I say "what if?".

So....as the words of the song say...."when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad!"  In an effort to get back to focusing on the positive, here are a few of my favorite things, as of lately....

I've NEVER been a Diet Coke fan....until now!!!!



I like to call this "Heaven on a spoon"

I'm all about convenience these days

Yummy AND pretty.....

100% guaranteed to put a smile on my face at 4:00 everyday!

Again, convenience wins!

Those are just a few of my favorite things lately.  I could probably add blogging to the list, since I am really enjoying this new hobby of mine.  Many of you enjoy it because it gives you a glimpse into our everyday lives.  But for me, it's therapeutic.  It gives me something to look forward to, and although I'm not a Mommy who needs/enjoys "me time", it does serve that purpose for me.  With all of this sadness and thoughts about death and dying, let me remind you of a scripture that speaks so true in times like these.  "You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are but a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes." James 4:14