tender mercies...and other special moments

apparently it's common knowledge in my house that i am a crier.

i remember when carmen was little i would watch "baby stories" and the moment it started she would ask me: mommy, don't cry. and would come and give me a hug.

there is no way i can go through a baby delivery and not cry.

when we are watching movies together, my kids say that i either cry in movies or sleep through them.

anytime i am upset, i cry. anytime i am happy, i cry....

common knowledge.

so i had an experience this month.

i am teaching piano to the sweetest boy. his family is the best family ever.

they are always so nice to me. to us.

the month of December we only had two classes, so when we started again in january, i decided that i wouldn't charge them for that month, that i would never ask them to pay for it.....

first week went by, the second came.... they handed me an envelope. they left. i opened it. there was more than a full month of  classes. i rapidly when out the house to catch them before they left. and  i explained to them that since it was not a full month i didn't want to get payed. and the father said: consider it a christmas gift.

speechless, i enter the house. and you know it, i cried.

when evan came home i told him what happened, what they did. and he said: and then you cried, right?

how did he know? he said i always cry in moments like that.

kindness, mercy, charity....goodness, tenderness are powerful virtues.

i am amazed at the sight of this amazing miracles in life.

i've tried to return the kindness. i always feel i will never catch up.

blessings keep being poured down from heaven through amazing people.

i keep trying , though.

the more i try to do, the more i receive in return.

i just feel so humble to feel that any offering ( as little it may seem to me, or to the world) is acknowledged and counted.

last christmas we talked about not having christmas gift for us, bu to choose a family in neeed and give them presents.

the kids thougth it was nice, they would like to do it. i think it was hard for them to let go of their wants ( they  had some gifts they really wanted and were so excited about) to help somebody else.

i think it is hard for everyone.

but we'll be doing that this year. so i think we'll be having the best christmas ever.

there's nothing like forgetting yourself and tend to someone in need.

so even if i cry, i hope i never become indifferent when good things come my way. when i see kindness around me. even when good things happen to others ( i think some times people can't be happy for blessings that come to someone else than themselves)

i hope i can pass on the tender mercies.

i hope i never cease to appreciate my blessings and i hope i can always feel that God is in the details of my life.

because He surely is.