This morning after I finished my
morning yoga (two days in a row woo whoo!) the cat took over my yoga mat so he
could have his turn. As he was getting
good and comfortable which coincided with my trying to roll the mat up so I
could put it away, I pointed out to him that “not everybody can live in the lap
of luxury like this.” I looked around my
dinky little single wide trailer and suddenly got a kick out of that
statement. Then I realized that I had
today’s blog topic.
As
I went to grab the camera to take a picture of said kitty, I was thanking God
for giving me a blog topic, and then additionally reminding me to bring my
camera for work, I started contemplating this lap of luxury we live in. I realized that my little trailer house isn’t
dinky, my little trailer house is humble.
It is unpretentious, as big as I need it to be, and a whole lot more
than many people in this world could ever dream of. We do live in the lap of luxury here at the
Armadillo house, because we truly have everything we need.
To
start with, we have a dishwasher. Our
last home was a lot bigger, but it didn’t have a dishwasher and we had to do
all of the dishes by hand. Wow, what a
luxury. Our little abode has three
bedrooms, and there are only two of us, so the spare room now houses the pet
rodents, the litter box, and is a storage area for our Christmas decorations,
linens, tools, etc. We have more than
enough room for the two of us, and if we did have more room, what would we do
with it? Buy more stuff?
The
cats (and dogs) get fed twice a day, and the cats have acres and acres to play
on. The dogs have a little dinky yard
for now until I get more fencing up, but hey, once that fence is up, their yard
is going to be huge! We have woods to go
hiking in right here; we don’t have to drive anywhere. We even have a creek just about a hundred
yards from the house. We also have some
of the greatest trees for building a tree house in, it’s just a matter of
deciding which one and then building it.
When
I talked to the cat about living in the lap of luxury, I had meant it. At that moment, as far as I was concerned I
live a luxurious life, and then I remembered we live in an older, small single
wide trailer. I had a moment there where
I questioned my luxury, but the Good Lord at that moment gave me the wisdom to
realize that I truly do live in luxury.
I can’t imagine living anywhere else.
We may not have a lot of square footage in our house, but we have more
than enough outside of our house. I have
a warm comfortable bed; I’m surrounded by loving animals in addition to an
awesome little girl. I have a great job,
wonderful parents, and a grown daughter that loves to spoil her little
sister. What more could I possibly want?
Yep,
here at the Armadillo house, we live in the lap of luxury. God has blessed us well as he’s given us the
greatest blessing of all. God has given
us enough.
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