Day 2 of the Joy Journey

Today, I will transfigure all things into beauty, and I will refuse to see anything else.

Ok, I am not going to lie .... this can be a hard one!! We have been doing a lot of baking lately, especially since the cooler weather has appeared. I have 2 very enthusiastic helpers who love to measure, stir and roll. Great right? You're right! It is!! Until the flour ends up all over the floor or in the joys of stirring the batter half of it ends up on the counter :) Come on, you know you've been there too! You look around and think 'I just washed this floor and the kitchen was clean!' 

It is in these times that I am challenged to see the beauty. Little girls covered in flour, giggling as they help mama! Little girls so proud to be great helpers and making their own pies for daddy to enjoy. 

Who really cares that the floor has flour or the counter needs wiped again?! These are memories! These are things that, when our children are older, we will want to go back to. Those care free days of baking cookies or one of daddy's favourites to surprise him with when he gets home.

There really is beauty everywhere ... it is up to us to see it, and not be willing to see anything else!