It Was Right There All Along

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This husband and I…

Like to fill our time in Texas…those winter months we spend down south…hitting up thrift stores…antique shops…small town Goodwills…

Make it a goal to search for those favorite doodads…a swung glass vase…Mary Engelbreit trinket…a quirky mug that makes us smile…

But have to admit…last winter…shoppers us struck out…came home empty handed…nary a trinket to be found…

Continued the quest at home…or more like just filled time…little day trips here…little day trips there…grab lunch…walk through some shops…and what to our wondering eyes did we find…

Treasures…old people treasures…beautiful swung glass tucked in corners…inexpensive…waiting to be loved…

And mugs…those coffee mugs that brighten our mornings…make us smile…make us laugh…

And so it is…in life…that search…what you’re looking for…friendship…acceptance…the blah blah blah mug that sums you up quite perfectly…

It just might be as simple as opening your eyes…opening your heart…and looking right there…in your own backyard…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…