By The Time I Get Done Crying I'll Be Laughing

By the time I had finished crying and turned around to go to my 'Semi-Private' room (Ha Ha!) a crowd of concerned people had surrounded me. Only then did I see through God's eyes, what had been before me all along, wonderful, vivacious people. Not just another thing I needed to put up with and endure, but wise and caring, people I could learn from.

I gave them a weak smile, which was all I could muster, thanking each and everyone of my new friends for their concern. They returned my smile with absolute, genuine love, which warmed my soul and at that moment my heart felt as though it was going to explode with happiness. Don't get me wrong I still didn't like my situation, but I received a fresh, vigorous strength that encouraged me to handle this recent setback.

As I said my prayers that night I included everyone of those smiling faces, asking God to bless them and praising Him for this new awesome step in my life.

I awoke the next morning with a plan to get involved in every activity and to become more helpful to any and everyone who needed it, even if it brought me out of my comfort zone.

My day began with boisterous greetings of "Good morning!" to anyone who entered my path. This brought an overabundance of double-takes from others not believing the transformation from 'Mopey-Merrym' to 'Exuberant-Merrym', that had happened overnight. This brought forth clamorous, vociferous laughter to my mouth causing more double-takes...


I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,
Job 9:27

I am blessed

Merrym Dawn Mathis Bruce