Sweetness

I have a sweet tooth. I love Brownies, Dark Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Hot Chocolate... But, I try to limit how much sugar I eat, so when I do treat myself to some chocolate, it tastes so good! If I go for days eating salad, whole wheat toast, celery, broccoli...then have a piece of dark chocolate, it is so delicious and I just savor it.

I think that is how life is. So much of life is ordinary, not exciting really at all; laundry, dishes, cooking, cleaning, sleeping. Then, when we get real sweetness in life, it is so wonderful. We hold our newborn baby. I walk down the beach hand in hand with the love of my life. I have a 15 minute conversation with my 4 year old son about how much Jesus loves us. These sweet moments are made more sweet by the fact that they don't happen all the time.

We recently had some green grapes that were so sour I didn't even want to eat them. After eating something so very bitter, chocolate tastes even sweeter.

I have experienced some very bitter moments in life lately; 2 miscarriages and my husband getting laid off twice, all in less than a year. These bitter difficulties have made me appreciate on a deeper level the sweet moments. A smile from Snickerdoodle. Snuggle time with WildCat. Prayer time with Ladybug. Playing catch with KarateChopper. A conversation with DinoDude. Reading with my Hubby. These ordinary moments are so much sweeter in the midst of such bitterness.