Double Negative.

For a couple weeks now I've battled a cold, lived in a town of eternal rain, and pretty much just lacked the ability to pull any inspiration out of the dreary surroundings. It's times like these - when I spend the days cooped up in my room cuddling with my cat - that I end up feeling the most invisible. The unfortunate part? Invisibility doesn't just occur on rainy days (though on these kind of days the scene from the Princess Diaries of Mia laying in her dead Mustang in the pouring ran repeating "I am invisible" always runs through my head). I hate hate hate feeling like that, and I'm sure that you do too!

I think that's why I love birthdays so much. Your birthday is the one day of the year where the ENTIRE world revolves around you; 24 hours devoted to worshiping how awesome YOU are. My friends' birthdays are my absolute favorite holidays because I love having the chance to go all out and make sure that they know it's aaaaall about them. Your birthday is the one day of the year that it should be illegal to feel invisible, and I'm more than happy to make sure you don't.

My obsession with birthdays started freshman year in Guam. Whenever it was someone's birthday my group of friends would share a hand decorated cake personalized for the birthday boy or girl and rice krispie treats in the lunch room. I can honestly tell you that there is no greater memory of a birthday than sitting around a big yellow table with ten of your closest friends eating a cake with your fingers because no one was smart enough to remember forks. It's the little things in life.

It all comes back to Luke 6:31 really, "Do to others as you would have them do to you." Hey, that's the Golden Rule! We all grew up learning it so not live it?! We all expect others to glorify us and do what they can to make us feel special basically every day, but how can we expect that if we never pay enough attention to others to make them feel special too? Humility is a trait that I feel gets lost these days, especially among the "me-me-me" generation that I'm a member of. Take some time to shift the focus from you to someone that needs to feel the spotlight of being special for once. Not only will it make them feel awesome, but I can totally guarantee that you will feel pretty darn good about it too. Make someone feel un-invisible today.

xoxo,

Abby

P.S. A batch of tasty homemade cupcakes are an easy, yummy, and really awesome way to make someone's day! (:

Yes, I made these! And so can you! (: