Day 1 - My Week of Thoughts - An initiative created by @pechichemena. (Raising $ for @adollaraday)

Well, it is rainy. I am feeling quite good and also at the same time very blue. Is that a thing with other people? How to describe.. hmm.... Imagine if you were sitting beneath a Chrstimas tree and drinking hot cocoa.

Are you there with me ? It smells good. The tree is fake but it still holds that familiar Christmas aroma. It smells like love.

But then, I remember Christmases from my childhood, and of my grandparents always coming over right after breakfast, carrying gifts and bringing hugs.

They were the best hugs. You know those hugs where someone just comes in out of the cold and their clothes are very cold even though they're standing just inside the doorway. Your hug helps to take their cold away.

It's that feeling. I am happy for today but I am sad when I remember my past. Today I'm remembering good things. I am remembering so many good things. It physically, in my deepest heart, just hurts.

Also, that picture above is mine. I took it. It is ©paintingangels, if we wanna be official about the whole matter.

I use this picture a lot because it's one of my favorites. I remember the day I took it, and it was a good day. There are no rules in life that say you can't revisit the same picture over and over again for usage in our own blogs. That would be stupid. I'm not a stupid person, sometimes.

This post is the first of 7 that I will do in support of @pechichemena's new "Week of Thoughts" project. All the SBD recieved from this post will go to the @dollaraday charitable giving project, which was founded by @pennsif and was created to help raise daily funds for a wide variety of charitable projects that are close to his heart.

Please maybe consider also creating a week of daily thoughts, if for no other reason than to inspire yourself to write a thought down every day. It could be even one sentence. Just a tiny little sentence. I believe in you. You can do this. Give it a whirl. Here's a high five to you from me, even if you don't do it. Just because high-fives are cool.

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