Dear Friends, Me and Strawberry Freezer Jam

What a pretty day today, besides the sun shining my dear friend Laura came over today to visit and make strawberry freezer jam with me (actually I just sat on a chair in the kitchen and watched and learned since I never had done that before, mom and Laura wouldn't let me do anything LOL) it is such an easy process, how can something that easy taste that good!! I won't be buying strawberry jam in the store anymore!!! Oh and did I say it taste amazing!!!! I can't wait for my hubby to try it I think he is going to love it just as much as I did.

Isn't it funny how the simpler things in life end up being the things you remember the most. I won't forget today, I have it stored up in my memory bank of the fun I had hanging out with two very special ladies in my life and how much I enjoyed laughing, sharing and just spending time together. It didn't cost a fortune and we didn't have to go anywhere.

One thing I have really started to enjoy while being home recovering is the down time. I always run my self ragged, we have to go here or go there, there is always something or somewhere we have to be...well I now have been introduced to down time and really enjoy it!!! Its a balancing act though and to be honest I am not very good at that. I have always been one extreme or the other...the middle whats that? But I am slowly coming to realize that you don't have to go 100 miles an hour and that it's okay to stop. Well as I continue to heal and get back to being able to do more I will continue that quest to try & stay in the middle.

I am truly thankful for this time, to have some quality time with my mom, friends coming over to keep me company and for time to just be still and reflect. I was talking with one of my dear friends on how I struggle with who I am and I think that's why I run so much, its easier than having to face what bothers me about me or simply excepting who I am. "God loves me for me being just me" and for that matter "that she loves me for who I am, not what I strive to be" I can't even put into words how much I criticize myself on so many different areas of my life, what I need to do, how can I make people happy, do they like me...trust me the list goes on. But I need to start focusing on what  my husband and daughter see and what my friends see, they love me and say they love me for who I am!!! I need to start excepting me for who I am and be proud of that. God made me, this is who he made me to be so I will continue to seek him, spend time with him and trust him!!! So with that I am going to try and just be me!!!!

of course I had to take pictures...hehe!!!!

the finished product...of course you know me I had to stage it and take a picture

of the finished project, Laura told me I should stage things for a living..hehe :)

 

Well thanks for stopping by hope you have a wonderful rest of your day!

Marianne