Day Sixteen and Seventeen of "31 Days of Love": Telling my Mom I Love Her and Counting My Blessings

Ah I'm lagged behind again. Mostly because I've been out and about till late at night with friends.

Anyway, on Saturday (Day 16) I showed love by telling my mom those three special words, something I don't usually do.

She had called me from the market to check if I had gotten home okay and to ask what I'd be doing that night. We were just about getting off the phone, and that's when it hit me.

Have you ever had the sudden scary feeling when you're talking to someone (like your parents), like "This could be the last time I ever talk to mom/dad!" because they might get in some freak accident or something?

Well that's just what happened to me as I was saying bye to my mom on the phone. So after thinking to myself for a few paranoid moments staring at my phone, I made a call back to her and told her "I love you!" and "Drive safe okay?"

A little cheesy and lame? Yes
Kinda Hallmark? Yes.

But still, I think it's a great thing to do to tell your parents you love them and show affection towards them at least occasionally. It goes a long way and certainly brightens up their day, I'm sure. Just put yourself in their shoes !

CHALLENGE: Tell/show your parents you love em and appreciate em! Pray for em too!
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Aaaannddd today, for (Day 17) I showed love by being grateful.

So apparently, the window to my family's Honda Civic broke in the fully open position.

I wish I had known this before taking the car out. At night.

Five minutes after enjoying the cold night air, I decided I had enough and pressed "up" on the window button. It made some grinding noises for a few seconds before completely going ka-put. At this point, I said out loud, "Are you serious" because I had just a T-Shirt on and it was well past 8pm. I knew I wouldn't be home till late at night. It was also forecasted to rain soon. LOL

But I decided to just suck it up, mostly because I decided I wanted to make myself realize and appreciate what a blessing having a functional car really is (even if one window is broken). My car even plays music from my iPod.

Needless to say, it was really cold (albeit not as cold as I thought it'd be). This reminded me of the sting that many homeless people have to live through every single night. It was good to be reminded of their pain and struggle, even if it was just by driving with the window down for the night.

Also, I was kind of forced into driving the Honda because my mom took her car out, and I did not want to use up the gas/mileage on my sister's car. So in a sense, it was my act of sacrificing and "taking one for the team".

Love is having that attitude of humility, gratitude, and sacrifice in all you do.

**It's funny how God used a broken window on my 10+ year-old ghetto car to show me what a blessed and fortunate kid I am. Not a nice car, not an expensive material good, or a gift of some kind, but a malfunctioning window on a crap car. Haha the irony!
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Challenge: Count your blessings! Don't pull an Adam and Eve by looking at what you don't have; look at all the bountiful blessings you already have in your life!