Exactly What I Needed

Sometimes, I have hard days.  No real reason why, but they are just hard.  I struggle with the littlest things and they shouldn't add up to a hard day, but somehow they do.  Well, today was one of those days.  I was just dragging a bit. When we had tutoring after school, I just couldn't focus and decided to drink a cup of coffee.  Unfortunately, the coffee didn't help my cause and I still was just mentally beat... so much so that I kept thinking it was Thursday.  So tonight when I walked into the church right at 6pm, I was shocked to see the Missionaries of Charity and their beautiful kids.  I thought to myself "Wow, they brought their kids to adoration AND mass! How beautiful! How brave!"  As they waved me over to sit with them, I was super excited.  The seat next to one of the little girls that I love so dearly was open.  As soon as I sat down, she gave me a huge hug and all of the little stresses of the day melted away.

The little bell rang for mass to begin.  A reminder that it is Wednesday, not Thursday, which meant that there wasn't adoration today. But I didn't care about that fact that I was disoriented about the day of the week, or the little things that have been driving me crazy all day. I was at mass with a little girl who just couldn't get enough of being next to me.  It was a beautiful feeling to feel wanted.  All of mass she just wanted to snuggle in next to me.  I might not have processed a lot of the reading in spanish today or understood a bit of the homily, but God showered me with His love through her.  And as always, God knew exactly what I needed.