Jesus Comes to Visit

 Little surprises are always welcome.  I certainly got one the other morning.  It was a typical morning.  Annie had been to the house the day before.  She and I were going to meet Mindy for her birthday.  Lynda had brought some flowers for Mindy and some for herself.  She left her flowers at the house while we went to lunch.  It was a nice lunch with Mindy, Ryan and Izzy.  Izzy is Ryan's girl friend and they announced that Izzy was due to have a baby in the Fall.  It was fun to meet her and get acquainted.  We didn't take a picture, which was dumb.  I wish we had.  But, we did have a nice lunch and a nice visit and wished Mindy a very happy birthday.   Love you Mindy and hope you had a very happy birthday!

After lunch, Annie and I ran to JoAnn's to get some material for some quilts and then Annie headed home.  When I came in the house, there were her flowers!  Lucky me because I got to enjoy them for the rest of the week.

The next morning I was working in the kitchen.  As I was putting dishes away I happened to glance up at the cupboard above the sink and there was Jesus smiling down on me.  It totally surprised me.  I had not expected that.  But there he was standing atop Annette's sugar bowl!  The sign on his sash says, Jesus loves you.  I couldn't help but smile and think how appropriate it was to have him there.  It made my heart smile.  What a great way to start a morning thinking about Lynda Ann sneaking it there, Mallory who had put her up to it, Annette, who I love and miss and my Savior!  It made my whole day happy.  If you notice, the sugar bowl lid has a crack in it that has been mended.   Kind of a symbolic of life.  We all have cracks but we can, with the Savior's help, mend and put them back together.  The Atonement.  What a wonderful gift from our Savior.  To be able to repent and mend the cracks in our lives.