little wonders.

The past is forever put away, the present is unwrapping itself as we speak, and the future is yet to be known. What we know now we have learned from our past, and the choices that face us presently will affect our future. Regardless of time and place, now or later each of these moments are tied together with simple little wonders. People above all place their handprints on our hearts without even knowing it. A smile passed from one another while two strangers walk past each other on a rainy day. Timeless sweethearts holding wrinkled hands and a warm welcome home even though you have only been gone for a few days. When your mom holds you tight and kisses your cheek and your dad tells you he loves you and that your doing a good job. When you first learned how to drive at fifteen, being taught by your seventeen year old brother hitting all the potholes along the way even though he told to "look out" for them. Endless hope seen in the eyes of a child and a tiny finger wrapping around yours makes you realize you are looking directly at a God given miracle. Stars blink above letting you know they are still there and the breeze whirls about fallen leaves allowing spring to bounce into it's presence. Happiness is lit from within your soul because finally the things that pondered your mind are starting to make sense. Answers are unspoken not fully figured out, but it is taken care of by He who knows all and is greater than all. You noticed warmth in the faces that once seemed cold, and yet again you are brought back to life how you knew it: filled with love. Unforgettable love by the one's who taught you how to tie your shoes and unbeatable love by the One who you gave you life. "Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark" and the dark doesn't seem so scary anymore and the monsters underneath your bed have been recognized to be your old slippers you lost years ago. A childlike sense brings you back to the simplicity of this life and how it should be lived. Once upon time you yourself were a child with endless hope set in your eyes and when your small hand was cradled by your hero you made miracles a reality for someone else. 2 Timothy 2:1 Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus...what a wonder that would be. To my own little wonders, for it is you that I am who I am and it is You that I will always make it through. As for the miracles...Thank you Jesus. With a touch of imagination and a poof of pixie dust I love you to infinity and beyond. 

always and forever,

Niki

To walk in your shoes.

At any given moment life can change. Faster than your heart can beat, instances appear turning small moments into vast journeys you weren't prepared to even start. You find yourself on an open road with no where to go. You tell yourself that if the world stops turning, than so do I. The only problem is, the world will keep turning even when it doesn't feel like it, and that journey you have been going on would like you to continue along it. Time will feel too fast and too slow and sometimes it will exist to be frozen. A timeless journey lost in the midst of what you wished for, but with the reality of it not happening. It may all feel unreal, and unforgettably unfair, but each and every step you take you are progressing. Progressing towards something you cannot yet see or touch or feel. Remember that every footprint you leave behind may help someone else find their way. A little farther ahead you may see a set of footprints that lead you down a path you have never seen before but the comfort of knowing someone else has been there will keep you going. You may cross over broken bridges only to step into a footprint that fits yours perfectly. Where ever you have been, odds are someone else has been there before. And where ever you are now, odds are someone else is standing next to you, identically sharing each step you take. Unknown of their presence, you continue to walk leaving life experiences behind that you have learned from to now move forward. Leave little pieces of faith along the way and wet the earth with your tears, something will grow in it's place. It has been said, "To live would be an awfully big adventure." So go ahead, let your journey be an adventure. You never where it might take you or who you will meet along way. If you trip, you may fall. But sometimes things fall right into place, and yes in some moments....that means you. 

Always,

Niki