Sunshine in good news

When someone says "I've got some news for you" automatically you can't help but be excited that you're going to hear good news.

Today I got some good news from my grandparents. Today they told me that they aren't going back home on thursday but that they are going to stay and celebrate new years with us.

Good news makes your day and I hope that everyone has good news at some point in their day.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in little kids and Christmas

It's christmas time and the special someone in my life has the sweetest cutest little 8 year old sister who is at the stage where you can't trick her with the usual things anymore...can't tell her "there are fairies in the back-garden" or that babies come from a stork that flies down and delivers little babies to the hospital". Slowly she has begun to lose what makes her a innocent little child. The one thing that is dangling by a thread is her belief in the big guy in red/Santa Claus/ Old St Nicholas.

This year may be her last christmas where she still believes in Santa. So her mother told me in secret that this year she's going to go all out and get one of the boys to get bells late at night on Christmas eve and jingle some bells and early Christmas day before she wakes up get a big footprint cutout and sprinkle talc powder on it so it looks like snow that fell off Santa's boots. She's then going to leave a present wrapped in different paper from the others and says its 'from Santa'.

Hearing all these wonderful ideas made me smile, knowing that she will have a magical Christmas means so much to me and I'm sure it will be a Christmas she wont forget for years to come.

P.s. I would love to hear one of your childhood Christmas memories that stuck with you, feel free to leave a comment below.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in laughter

When a big group of people come together, and the mood is light and cheerful it's great when the conversation leads to laughter, the kind that brings tears streaming down your face and a tightening of your stomach as you feel a six pack coming on...

This kind of laughter can happen in the strangest of places...I think that is why this belly laughter stuck out the most to me.

Today while we are sitting around in the intensive care unit we were all having a little chit chat making the time go by, something simply hilarious came out of my ill grandads oxygen covered mouth and we all cracked up laughing.

An unexpected laughter in an unexpected place is just priceless. Let laughter bring sunshine to your life.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in comfort

Before I start I would like to apologise for how badly written my previous blog entry was, I was very tired from work but couldn't let my blog followers down and just had to share my little bit of sunshine, so now its edited and a bit easier to understand what happened.

Okay back to today's little ray of sunshine.

When you're needing comfort it's really nice to have someone around to help you in your moment of need.

Today while I was at work I had to use the backstage lift...which is one of those old fashioned lifts where you pull a outer gate and the inner gate in order to go upstairs...

I closed the outer gate and the inner gate then while I was on my way down  it stopped. So I pick up the basket and open the inner gate only to find myself staring at a brick wall. I panic and press the buttons,close the door and press the button again hoping that the lift will move again. I ringed the alarm and nothing happened I started freaking out and hyperventilating (I'm borderline claustrophobic). Eventually the door opened and I saw two of my work friends when the door opened. At this point I had teary eyes and breathing heavily.

I really needed a hug and that's what I got. A short bit of comfort when someone needs it the most is a bit of goodness that we can all spread. When you can read it on someones face and you can tell that they're unhappy or upset take a minute of your day and ask them if they are okay.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine from the kindness of others...edited

Nowadays life has become so dog eat dog, where everyone is out for their own gain. When every ones out for themselves you start to feel alone and in competition with everyone...

When someone shows kindness, you can't help but remember it. When someone offers you a hand when you're at the checkout, that it's so strange you can't help but remember it,it just makes your day. I'm not talking about the person behind the till packing your bag for you. The kindness I'm talking about is when another customer who was served before me saw rushing and rummaging through my bag that she offered to help me pack my stuff.

It gives you a good feeling when someone helps you and when you do try to thank them they simply tell you 'no problem'. It makes you feel like you need to spread the good mood its leaves you with.

It kind of makes you think that you shouldn't wait for someone to show you kindness for you to spread it.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in concern

When you're not having the best luck or given the best news having people around you show concern can really make a difference to your day.

Those who follow my previous blogs (which I'm very grateful for) will know that I havn't had the best news on behalf of my grandfather-I thought I'd let you know that he has a lung infection but is doing well-and the little bit of sunshine that makes this news that little bit more bearable is the concern of those around me...

When you have a little cry for help and comfort through a blog/tweet/or change of status to a sad face, having a response from friends and family full of concern makes you feel loved and makes you feel a little better and brings sunshine to your dark day.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine during a dark hour

You know that you're loved when people even in your life pull through and are with you during a dark hour.

Today my special someone was walking me home when I got a phone call saying that my grandad is in hospital struggling to breathe.

When I told him the news he gave me a hug and tried to calm me down but i couldn't help myself and started crying, something I've never done around him before.

He tried to comfort me with a hug and a kiss but I couldn't help but panic...simply because for some strange reason I kept thinking about him today about how this might be the last time he could be coming over to visit-that maybe he won't be able to make the trip next time or that he might not be with us when I get married-this kind of deja vu meets premonitions freak me out because sometimes they've come true and I'm still panicking that it might come true again...

I know this doesn't feel like my usual blog entries that are all positive...but the ray of sunshine I've found today is that sometimes the people in your life come together to send their love and support for you in your darkest hour.

We all need to appreciate those that are with us and value the precious moments we share with them. To be there for those you love.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in chocolate

There's just something about chocolate that makes everything in your life just fade away...no headache, heartache or fuss. Life for those few seconds just feels good.

Sunshine can be found in those few seconds where you're life seems simpler and easy. Where you sit there with a smile on your face and you're filled wi mothing but happy thoughts and joy-for me thats chocolate.

Everyone has something in there life which brings a litte moment of sunshine and joy...never let it go, always try and hold on to that feeling and try and make it last as long as you can savour the moments that bring light to your life and makes you happy.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine at a night out

Every once in a while it's nice to have a night out and just let your hair down and just dance.

Let's be honest when people are out drinking there is the often the spilled drinks the empty cups littering the floor scattered around the place...and
Let's not forget the people that had a little bit too much to drink who keep falling over.

The Iittle bit of sunshine that I've found on my night out is that in a moment of need people pull together to help out a fallen comrade...no matter how bad the other people around were, they still offered as much help as they could to the girl who fell flat on her face. It just shows that you can always try and help people.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in universal languages

There has always been the saying that actions speak louder than words... I couldn't agree more.

When you watch a film in your own language then you can understand all the words and follow what's going on and the story is pretty clear to you.

What I realised today is that sometimes actions do speak louder than words and you can still follow the story-well just about...

Those that have followed my blog will know that my grandparents are visiting me this month and staying with me...they don't speak a word of English so when we're watching films on the telly we try and translate for them as the films goes along...but as the films goes by I realise that they are the ones that are telling us the story line which they understood from the body language and the actions of the actors
and the music in the background

Actions speak louder than words and in films you can normally tell from the visual effects the way that the camera zooms in on certain things how you can suddenly hear really tense music in the background when something bad is going to happen...films use more than just words they use all the other senses too.

I know this may not seem like my usual blog but sometimes when your explaining to your grandad yeah this is what happening in the film and he corrects you and says yeah I think he's going to be the killer...and then moments later the story line unfolds and you find out it really was that guy I was left speechless - how did he realise it before me when he can't understand the words.

It just made me smile how he was following the story better than me and how the actions are universal.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in the little things

Sunshine can be found anywhere and sometime its can be a saying that lifts your spirits and makes your day...

Today while having a little browse on the internet I came across this lovely picture with a cute saying and I hope it can bring you a little bit of sunshine and make your day too...

I think its such a true saying we do takw the little things in life for granted when we should be cherishing them so they bring sunshine to our lives

Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in family

There are some things that you see in life that make you smile and realise how much love there is in a family unit...

Today the family are all together sitting in the living room there's a total of three generations watching a bit of telly when I witnessed something truly blessed...

My mum has lay down on the sofa and fallen asleep, once we saw this my gran got up and got a blanket and covered her up so she wouldn't get cold...It made me realise that no matter how old  you get you will always be your mums little baby and they will always look after you...

Love between family and the bonds you have will never break...we should all be grateful for the family we have around us and should never take them for granted.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in the politeness

Politeness... a simple 'please' a 'thank you' and possibly an 'excuse me'. All very simple words but they seem to be disappearing these days...Just hearing them every once in a while can go a really long way.


I've got to admit I'm still pretty new to the whole working full time and being at work for 8 hours. It just seems to be tiring me out. This week I've had a Monday to Friday week and it's soo hard that when I'm on the ti ls for and hour or been rummaging through a fridge full of potatoes, when I hear a simple, 'could you be so kind as to show me where I could find the lemonade please'

When I heard that I must say I was pretty speechless, and it sounds really sad but it did brighten up my day and made me realise that a 'please' a 'thank you' a 'your welcome' can really make your day and spread a little sunshine.

So please make that little bit of an effort to be polite and spread some sunshine.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine from abroad

Today I woke up early to tidy up my room and get it all nice and lovely....because there's some news which has put a massive smile on my face and made my whole month...

Today my grandparents are coming from abroad to stay with me for 3 weeks

I'm so happy and full of joy that they're coming because it's been a year since we last saw each other....sometimes the news that you'll get the chance to see someone that you've missed and truly love can make your day and bring a little ray of sunshine to your life.



Lots of love x

MLP

Sunshine in faces

We all know that once you get into a routine that you slowly start to recognise faces and the people that you see during your day...

As some of you may know I've recently started working now in a retail  store in the UK...It's mainly well known for the for customer service we provide, which pretty much means that I spend most of my day talking to people when I'm on the tills or having a little chat with them as I show them to the aisle they were looking for....

Spending time with lots of different people on a daily basis has led me to recognise a few of the familiar faces...there are the lovely elderly ladies who come int the same time every Thursday to have little shop around and buy 4 apples and spend a lifetime picking which pear they want...the man who comes in practically every day asking for white nectarines, and the busy men and women on their lunch breaks rushing to get their food and leave.

You hear their stories and how their day went and all the familiar faces makes work feel like a great place to socialise and spend my day.

Just seeing a familiar face and being asked "how your day?" by a customer makes me feel that little bit less tired and brings a little ray of sunshine to my day, and hopefully you can all stop and realise the little routines of your own and others and realise the familar faces of the people walking by and I hope it can bring a little sunshine into your day too.


Lots of love x

MLP