I think I mentioned a few weeks ago (Did I??) that we are working on kindness in our family. So a couple of days ago, Carlos asked me if we could make a "giant cookie." I remembered seeing pizza-sized cookies, so I told him we would make one. We were going to make it yesterday and the Lord prompted me to make one for each of the neighbors on each side of us.
Well, this is a real stretch for me because I am not the "friendliest" of people. I wave to my neighbors when I see them, but I don't extend myself to make small talk, etc. So I had to reach back in the recesses of my mind to when Sheri spoke to us in Sunday School about being friendly and showing kindness in our neighborhoods.
Making the giant cookie was a little stressful (cause I'd never done it before), packaging it was more stressful (I don't know how to make stuff look cute and presentable), but delivering it was Mega stressful. I was SO nervous ... and about what?? I mean, I'm just delivering a cookie--it would be highly unlikely that they would refuse it or throw rotten tomatoes at us. I don't know why I was so scared, but I was. As Joyce Meyers says, "Do it scared." So I did. Who knows what they thought. I've never done this before (maybe they're thinking I poisoned the cookie and they threw it in the trash, lol!). I still feel weird about it, actually ... but, it's done.
That's all for today, folks!
By the way, the "dots" you see all over my countertop are not dirt or crumbs. I have a totally ugly, retro countertop (the kind that has "glitter" specks in it). Someday that will go ... *sigh*, but for now, I have to live with it.
Well, this is a real stretch for me because I am not the "friendliest" of people. I wave to my neighbors when I see them, but I don't extend myself to make small talk, etc. So I had to reach back in the recesses of my mind to when Sheri spoke to us in Sunday School about being friendly and showing kindness in our neighborhoods.
Making the giant cookie was a little stressful (cause I'd never done it before), packaging it was more stressful (I don't know how to make stuff look cute and presentable), but delivering it was Mega stressful. I was SO nervous ... and about what?? I mean, I'm just delivering a cookie--it would be highly unlikely that they would refuse it or throw rotten tomatoes at us. I don't know why I was so scared, but I was. As Joyce Meyers says, "Do it scared." So I did. Who knows what they thought. I've never done this before (maybe they're thinking I poisoned the cookie and they threw it in the trash, lol!). I still feel weird about it, actually ... but, it's done.
That's all for today, folks!
By the way, the "dots" you see all over my countertop are not dirt or crumbs. I have a totally ugly, retro countertop (the kind that has "glitter" specks in it). Someday that will go ... *sigh*, but for now, I have to live with it.
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I completely understand about the nervous thing!
And thanks for your email.. I hope you got my long essay back!
Ok, I am serious about the please-make-me-one thing, but even if you don't, I will still make 10 and give them away.
What an incredible act. I can not wait to do it.