Wanted.

Note:
For no good reason I've been in a serious funk today!! As I've prayed for direction, Heavenly Father directed me to my OWN WORDS.  This post was written FOUR years ago.  I'm not sure why I never published it but I'm glad it was here for me to find today. The pictures you'll see are old, Oprah is off the air now and yet these words still ring true for me and perhaps for you too.

April 8, 2011

So yesterday afternoon I was awarded an

"Ah-ha" moment with ...

which is weird in itself

as Oprah and I don't usually

see eye to eye

and we spend very little time together.

However, I didn't feel good

and it was snowing

and I was warm by the fire

and Oprah just happened to show up.

As I looked at her and 

wondered why she'd chosen to wear that 

red sweater, she shared something 

very private

which caused my tear-ducts to leak

and my head to bow in 

deep thanksgiving.

Oprah told me that she was never ...

The circumstances of her birth

had brought shame to the family.

When she was born, instead of smiles and joy,

there was disgust and the attitude of

"Who is going to take care of this child?"

It was no secret how everyone felt

as they passed her around like an unwanted plague.

It was never a secret that Oprah was...

then came as she said, with tears streaming down her checks

"To born into this world WANTED... is a gift."

My head dropped to my chest and

with tears streaming down my own checks,

I immediately gave thanks for my mom and dad

who kissed and hugged on me May 18, 1970

and have made it clear every day since that 

I was WANTED.

I was also thankful for sweet Bobbie

who gave up a lot to bring Jeff into the world.

It's never been a secret how much 

he was WANTED.

I thought of these 3 cousins of mine

and how, although they came into

our family through other loving ladies,

they were each WANTED

in a deeply prayerful way.

I thought of a little boy

and the day he was born 10 years after his last sibling

and how joyful that day was.

He was WANTED.

In fact, everyone I know in this life 

was WANTED 

so it never occurred to me,

until Oprah showed up today,

that being so was

a gift.

Therefore, I had to stop in my tracks

and make certain

the two boys I bought into the world

knew how very much they were...

If you haven't let the gifts in your life 

know they were

NOW is the time!