I love color, anything colorful makes me happy, makes me smile!
All of my life I have loved crayons. As a child, drawing and coloring would always brighten a lonely day.
I keep a large jar of crayons in my craft area, not only as a fun, colorful, display piece, but for the memory it brings to mind every time I see it!
My father was from New Jersey, so for many years we would take our family vacations there, we loved the ocean and the boardwalk. Fun times for us!
One year we went to visit one of my father’s cousins, she had a daughter my age.
Her room had everything a little girl could ever want. The most beautiful dolls everywhere, but the something that I focused on, was a very large box of crayons, larger than a shoe box, every color, and just so many of them!
She noticed my interest in the box, grabbed it from my hands, and threw the box aside spilling and breaking many.
Did she have so much of everything, that they meant nothing? I think so!
Have you ever noticed that the sweetest, nicest, most grateful folks, are those whose lives aren’t filled with everything they could possibly want. The folks that need to work hard to get extra things. Giving them a gift brings the giver joy knowing that they are truly thankful.
I try to remember this, “something for nothing, means nothing”.
Have a bright, colorful, thankful weekend.