#itdoesmatter

[aeb12354]

Anyone else notice the backdrop for season 9's key art is the Capitol building in Washington? Remember the last time we saw this? That's right baby, on a spoon in the hands of Beth Greene!

I'm just gonna leave this here cause Beth Greene is alive and she's coming back!!

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Pickles And Cheese

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Do The Little Things

In the form of homemade cheese and pickles, I was given the gift of time. I was given a moment, that I would not otherwise have had if it wasn't for those precious "tiny" gifts from my beautiful Momma. 

I have come to sit and write today because it is so important for people to realize how much the "tiny things" in life are SO much more than they realize.

I have been nursing my toddler back to health the past 5 days and am now the one that is sick. Exhausting as it may be to be sick I am a wife and mother and life doesn't stop because I have a cold. 

I brought the baby over to my Momma's house so I could head back home and get all the chores done. Normally that is exactly what I would have done. Rushed in to switch laundry, disinfect all toys, clean guinea pig cage, and so on. But not today. Today, while dropping the baby off, my Momma casually handed me 2 containers. One had homemade cheese and the other had homemade pickles. In the grand scheme of things, this seems so small. She cooks for us and gives us gifts all the time. It's just some cheese and pickles.  She handed them to me and off I went.

What she and I didn't know, is those "tiny" gifts were so much more than I could have ever asked for today. Those gifts changed my entire morning and gave me a moment of "me time". Which, in a mother's world, is truly a miracle.

I entered my home with my hands full of stuff from emptying the car, put it all away and went back out to grab the cheese and pickles. Normally they would have been put away in the fridge and forgotten about until later in the day. I stood there holding the cheese and pickles that smelled delicious and decided to stop everything and make myself some breakfast. 

As I sat at my desk with fresh HOT coffee, toasted bread with the yummy homemade cheese, some baked tofu, the homemade pickles, and a small bowl of blueberries I realized what had just happened. My Momma had just given me this beautiful moment. Her small items handed to me so quickly as I walked out the door turned into something so rare and incredible.

Keeping this as short as I can. I just want to say. Do it. Do the little things. It may seem so unimportant, so tiny, so insignificant, that we just tell ourselves to skip it. But think about it. Pickles and cheese gave me time to sit, rest, nourish myself, and have something that was all mine, just for me. Where I am at in life right now with kids and all that comes with, THIS gift of cheese and pickles rescued my mind, body, and soul. 

So give a gift even it seems like that person doesn't "need" it. Pick up the piece of trash you just saw blow into your neighbor's yard. Call someone just to ask how they are doing. Ask your friend if they need a night without kids or a night out of the house. Bring the trash cans down the driveway for the elderly lady across the street. Drop a bottle of wine off at your friend's house. Buy that little thing you find at the store that reminds you of someone and gift it to them.  All those things "that won't make that much of a difference".  Because Miracles can come from pickles and cheese.

(Thank you for my miracle today, Momma) xoxo  

-Sincerely, The Tired Mama A.K.A. Cale (not the vegetable)

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noun

a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences.

[elinormillerblog-blog]

If you don’t notice a miracle every day, it’s only because you are not looking... I am lucky my kids go to school where it’s the norm to constantly look (AND therefore find ) miracles💕 I got a few emails in the past few days from both of my sons teachers, the emails praised the boys for trying hard, being kind doing their best and improving. My lucky boys don’t have to outshine anyone to get noticed... they just need to do THIER best. To notice a miracle you have to look for it. My boys teachers are constantly looking and finding the miracles in them... they are looking, finding and they take the time share with us. How much better will one perform when you feel miraculous;) Thank you Channie Weiss, Monica Ribreau, Jadyn Woodson and Dona deGRoot for all that you do. Thank you Charlotte Jewish Day School for being the perfect green house for my flowers to bloom. #grateful #itdoesmatter #miracles https://www.instagram.com/p/BsvrvuDBCSW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8bv65obu351h

[dustyrose339]

I wanna see lots of these today people! They work for US, tell them what we want! #ivoted #rockthevote #vote2018 #itdoesmatter (at Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp2g01wDI0u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u2je7u1m5isq

[cecicecysarah]

#vote #share #itdoesmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/Bot70dWny2V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=g3v5ju8welk

[rycbehindthelens]

"i think people don't get told enough that they have the power to make themselves feel better." — chester bennington sometimes we can lose that power and that will, that sometimes it is no longer enough to maintain and sustain yourself... if you know someone that is suffering and struggeling with something deep within, beneath the surface and that is beyond their own power, reach out to them, remind them that they matter. if you are the one affected by something, it is not a sign of weakness to ask for help... tomorrow is not promised... a simple act of kindness, a simple kind of gesture, a smile, a simple hello and a kind warm smile can possibly save a life... Rest In Peace Chester 😌✌☝️🙏 #InTheEnd #ItDOESmatter #YouMatter #Quote #Quotes #ChesterBennington #RIPChester #LinkinPark

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Rocked the vote. #vote #2016presidentialelection #PA #itdoesmatter (at Old City, Philadelphia)

[starssight]

If I’m going to be doing a talk on #twd for work, you best believe I’ll be repping my favorite girl. 😛💜 #itdoesmatter #bethgreene #diy