The Small Stuff

The year is already going by so fast! Although I have to say, with the weather being so cold and snowy, there are days that linger. With all the time that we have had at home together because of the weather outside and with a "too close to home" and sad event that has happened to a family we know, I am thinking more about the small stuff.
There is a book, maybe even a series by now, that an individual has made his millions on called "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff", all about letting the little things that drive you crazy go so that you can really enjoy and appreciate the important things in life. I haven't read it, but I have to say that I think the opposite may be true. I have looked at the "small stuff" over the past couple of weeks as really the only things that are worthy of our attention. I totally get that you shouldn't worry so much about wether all the laundry is finished, or if the kitchen is sparkling by the time everyone turns in for the night, but there are other small things in our life that get passed by as well.
When Garett and I attended the funeral of our friends' 3 month old child I was trying to wrap my mind around why such things happen. It was then that I thought of the "small stuff" and I was jarred into a mind set that makes me want to grab a hold of the "small stuff"; my boys, my loved ones, my friends, the moments that make me laugh so hard I can't hold it, the feeling I get when I realize life is going by at warp speed, etc. I couldn't help but have selfish thoughts of how we are blessed to still have all of our "small stuff" and how important it is to just stop and soak it all up every chance we get.
So when we are just about to fall ill with cabin fever, I am reminding myself daily to take the opportunity to enjoy the "small stuff"; to not worry about things I have no control over, but instead try to enjoy each day for what it is and who it is spent with. I am by no means perfect, and I am sure I have already griped about "small stuff", but the "small stuff" is really what memories are made of and when I take the time life really is sweeter!