Simple words that say a lot.

It's been a decent day today.  Started out teaching Saturday School and although 34 kids in one room is crazy, especially two grade levels instead of one but I pulled through and we enjoyed it.  I hated that I couldn't make it as active as normal but that many kids running in the halls could have caused some major issues, so by the end they were really fidgety but we survived without any injuries or major issues. Late parents, yeah, and another teacher set off the school alarm while we were all outside because he didn't know.  It was a beautiful chilly day so we could stand it.

I was given a reason to smile about myself because of a compliment on my weight loss.  Although I know the numbers have been seesawing lately I'm hoping that stops with my newest purchase of a treadmill.  I also know that when I am not feeling so downtrodden and empty that I am carrying myself taller and portraying more self assurance (even if I don't have it).  I thank the co-worker that complimented me because just those words of, "I can see you're still losing weight," brightens my day when I don't feel so confident.

The day went kinda blah after that and I laid down for a nap after talking to mom on the phone.  Got a call from a friend to go play tennis and I decided to get up and go.  Now neither of us have played tennis in about 5 years (we took the class together in college) so we were chasing more balls than hitting them.

After about 45 minutes of playing the fun stuff started with a text from a friend simply saying, "What's his name, why do you have them and what did he do?"  First reading this message I had no clue where it came from then thought to check my sent messages.  Only to find out it all started with a miss sent text. 

This left me plopped down on the tennis court laughing so hard that my belly was hurting and I was almost in tears.  I found out later the response was from my friend's husband.

I thank God every day for the dear friends I have that can make me laugh that hard because I know with them around the dark days aren't always going to be hanging around.