For those who may not know me irl (or on twitter) I am a fairly happy, sunshine and rainbows type of person. I don’t like being sad and I spend a good deal of my time trying to make my friends laugh. I’m a total mother-er. Sometimes I get into moods where I can’t seem to find the good. I feel myself getting bitter, and let me tell you that is not a good look for me. When that happens, I try to remember that there is good out there and I am lucky to have the friends I do. I recently came across this list on tumblr and I really liked it. It was 40 Extraordinary Things Happening Right Now. They say that it takes 28 days to develop a habit, but I’m a slacker and forgetful so I thought I would spend 40 on it. Every day (I hear you snerking out there) I’ll post a new extraordinary thing and why it helps inspire me. Hopefully they can serve as a pick me up if anyone out there is having a bad day and needs a little reminder that good things and good people still exist.
1. A soldier of sorts is dilligently fighting the fight so you don’t have to.
This should seem fairly self explaintory. I don’t think that I’ve met a person who hasn’t appreciated and/or respected anyone who has served in the military. Having a lot of friends and family in the military makes this even more special for me. Both of my grandpas were in the Army, I had an uncle in the Air Force, (wow, spending time with Marines made that really hard to not typo as Air Farce. >.>) one of my best friends was a Marine, my friend’s wife was in the Navy and a friend and his brother are both in the Army. In addition, my cousin is an Army wife. I am so lucky that despite active tours in various combat zones, all of my friends/family have returned home fully intact. I have one friend who is currently in Afghanistan, but who is due to return home in less than 10 days and is non-combat for the rest of his tour. See (and/or listen to!) this song for inspiration as well:
