Surprises

FOR SOME, SURPRISES HAPPEN QUITE OFTEN, FOR OTHERS IT’S A FAIRLY RARE OCCURRENCE. SOME REALLY LOVE BEING SURPRISED, OTHERS WOULD RATHER DIE THAN BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY SOMETHING UNEXPECTED. NOW THERE ARE BAD SURPRISES, LIKE WHEN YOUR BABYSITTING AND THE KID THAT YOU JUST PUT TO BED SAYS “MISS EMILY, COME SEE WHAT’S IN MY BED” AND THEY HAVE POOPED IN THERE SHEETS. THAT, I WOULD CLASSIFY AS A BAD SURPRISE HAHA! BUT A GOOD SURPRISE NOW THAT IS WHAT I LOVE, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED UM WELL NEVER UP UNTIL THIS PAST WEEK. I ALWAYS FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT, I WILL ADMIT I WAS SURPRISED A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN MY FAMILY ALL PITCHED IN AND GOT ME AN IPHONE FOR MY BIRTHDAY. BUT THE SURPRISE MY HUSBAND GAVE ME JUST SEVERAL DAYS AGO, WAS ONE TO REMEMBER! HE HAD BEEN PLOTTING WITH MY FRIEND TRINITY FOR WEEKS, WITHOUT ME KNOWING TO HAVE HER COME VISIT. I HAD NO IDEA, NONE WHATSOEVER, IT HAD BEEN A ROUGH WEEK, MY PARENTS HAD LEFT AND I WAS REALLY HOMESICK OVER THANKSGIVING AND HER COMING WAS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED. I HAD A TEACHERS MEETING AFTER SCHOOL AND THEN MUSIC PRACTICE FOR CHURCH AND WHEN I CAME HOME, STEPHEN HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL SURPRISE WAITING FOR ME : ) YOU DON’T REALIZE THAT YOU MISS REMINISCING WITH OLD FRIENDS UNTIL YOU DON’T HAVE OLD FRIENDS AROUND TO REMINISCE WITH. TO BE ABLE TO LAUGH ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO AND NOT HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT. TO LOOK AT OLD PICTURES, AND SHARE MEMORIES, TO NOT HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF TO THAT PERSON, BUT TO JUST BE YOU! I AM SO THANKFUL TO HAVE A HUSBAND THAT IS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE OF SURPRISING ME : ) AND I AM BLESSED WITH AN AWESOME FRIEND WHO SAVED UP MONEY TO COME AND SEE US! OH THE JOY OF BEING SURPRISED! EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE TIMES IN THEIR LIFE WHEN THEY ARE OVERWHELMED WITH THANKFULNESS AND JOY!