since my winter break was four weeks long this year i was blessed with spending three of those weeks at home and one week in arizona city with my nana. now having been in arizona for 5 nights and 4 days already there have been quite a few things that have stuck out to me and instead of writing them as the happened, i realized that i was kind of glad i waited because when it came down to it they were all related. they were the little things.

it started with the day i arrived. i was greeted with an absolutely beautiful sunset from the plane. i don’t know what it is but there is just something so special about sunsets. i swear there will never be a day where i will be tired of watching a sunset, and especially one from a plane. then a couple days later i noticed another beautiful sunset peering in through the kitchen window. i kid you not the moment i saw it i was practically out the door and rushing to get my sandals on. grabbing my bike and pedaling as fast as i could out of the park and down the road, i was literally chasing the sunset. when i got to where there was nothing blocking the sky i completely stopped and just stared. there i was sitting on my bike as cars passed going to and from. i wondered to myself why was nobody else stopping? why was nobody else enjoying this beautiful moment? i swear i could have stopped and stared for hours, but knowing that my nana would be worried if it got too much darker i turned around only to find that what was behind me was also just as beautiful at what i had been perplexed by in front of me. the colors were not nearly as vibrant but the soft pastel hues were just as gorgeous. i stopped again, looking back to where i had been originally gazing and having already changed colors i was in awe again. no matter where i looked the sky was absolutely gorgeous. even riding the bike, i forgot how freeing it was, and between biking and sunset, it was truly a moment. i mean i am a sucker for sunsets but i tell you it was an experience even though it was so simple.

not only have the sunsets been amazing but the other day we (me and my nana) also went to marshals so i could pick up a bigger size purse for travel and our paths happened to cross this lady. i don’t recall her name, but my was she a pleasure to meet. i mean i had no clue upon the beginning of our encounter, my nana is always so friendly to people; chatting and hugging and i honestly used to be a little timid about it seeing that you never know how people might respond. not everyone wants to be touched and especially by a stranger, but her heart is so loving and she is by far one of the friendliest of people you will probably ever met - i believe she is an angel from above. anyway my nana had started talking to her and next thing we were all talking, laughing, and hugging. it was so pure and genuine, really something the world could use more of. there is something so powerful about people and strangers at that coming together and find commonalities, just being humans; not worried about what the future, completely engaged in the moment.

and then there was today. i had been meaning of getting ahold of an insurance company, one that i had mistakenly paid for awhile back through my school. they had sent me mail in regards to filing some information out. honestly, i had no desire doing it knowing that it was likely to be a hassle (can we say adulting) but really i had been putting it off for a couple of weeks. i finally decided it was best to just get it over with and even though i had to talk to three different people and it took quite awhile to get figured out not only did i get it done with but one of the individuals on the line told me she liked my name. something she obviously didn’t need to do, and while it does not seem like much it was a pleasant surprise in the day to hear.

i tell you this though because sometimes we forget that all of our moments do not have to be grand. i know i do, but there is no amount of money, fancy cars or houses, higher positions, or material items can make you feel the way i am talking about. no words will ever do justice, these moments are just too indescribable. you simply have to feel it, and i hope you have. so please, you beautiful people you, never forget the splendor of the little things, for these my loves are really the big things, the things that make your heart sing.