Was it just me or was there anyone else out there doomed to a life of countless searches in the boxes of Lost and Found of life?  I was always leaving things in elementary school.  My mother preached to “look in the lost and found box in the office.”  I would rather have a frostbitten  left hand than go into the lost and found…I had my dignity, ya know!!

Along the endless trail of lost mittens, hats and scarves… can anyone tell me where the missing socks go??  I swear they can’t be small enough to end up in my septic tank!  We have lost tube socks for crying out loud!  I have always pictured a little gremlin living in the laundry room wall.  He only comes out to steal a sock or two!  I have so many mix matched pairs of socks it is ridiculous.  I keep waiting for the gremlin’s ransom note.

Today, I lost my Reginadettra.com car magnet.  It is out there somewhere between home and my kid’s summer camp.  It was like I had lost my best friend oh I sound so desperate!  I mean it was like losing my own identity.  Some state highway clean up crew is going to find my magnet.. the horror!!!  Yikes!!  I will never find my van in the Wal-Mart parking lot!!  What am I going to do??  I am having an anxiety attack right now picturing me pushing my buggy (if you are not in the south it is called a shopping cart) aimlessly up and down the parked cars confused and at my wits end because I have lost my mind van.  Maybe I need to put a photo of my van in my wallet to help others identify the missing van.  “Excuse me, sir, Have you seen this van? It was last seen in this parking lot along with my sanity.”

Since I have started my quest for finding contentment and balance in my life, it has been rumored that I have actually lost my mind.  Can I help it that I feel so joyous that I want to drag my hubby out in the pouring rain to dance??  No, I am not talking the romantic closely holding onto each other sway to the rhythm of our beating hearts.  I am talking getting down doin’ the sprinkler and screeching “Whoop Whoop!”  I wish I had a picture of my hubby’s face while I was dancing around the back yard singing, “Can’t Touch This!”  Yes, you bet, I was doing the Hammer Time dance!  I believe his expression could have been interpreted, “Not to worry.. I won’t.”  I’m sure the neighbors are talking about how I have really flipped my  lid!  Even my dogs were peering out of their dry dog houses with such puzzled looks.  They had to be thinking, “I always knew she had a screw loose.”  I feel so happy; I just wanted to dance!

I don’t know what it is…perhaps it is a side effect for giving up meat…perhaps it is a good old dose of Jesus running through my veins…perhaps it is it God’s way of showing me that there really can be peace if I just immerse myself into His word..  I can’t really explain it but perhaps others can..

My dear friend said she has noticed that I look better…okay.. I’m chalking that one up on all the fruits and veggies I’m consuming.  My hubby says I seem happier and well. a little on the touched side.  My kids look at me and wonder why I am telling them to stop cleaning their rooms and for us to run around the back yard with the dogs.  My God says, “Regina, what took you so long to believe me??”

God Bless…

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