Thoughts:
"In spite of illness, in spite of the archenemy sorrow,
one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration
if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity,
interested in big things, and happy in small ways."
~Edith Wharton, A Backward Glance
"We should all do what in the long run, gives us joy,
even if it is only picking grapes or sorting laundry."
~E.B. White, Letters of E.B. White
Working on the
happy in small ways, working on the recognizing the
simple joys...
Today, our highlight was taking the truck through the car-wash.
The kids go bananas over the whole ordeal....
especially the rainbow foam.
...does it even do anything?
Doesn't matter.
They squeal and chatter, and for 4 minutes (more or less)
the world is right in the cab of our truck.
It is the small things people.
It is chatting on the phone with hubby for two minutes...
something I know people take for granted.
Even me.
It is buying yourself 4 stems of sweat peas at the grocery store
and putting them in a gorgeous vase from a gorgeous friend, just because.
Paige thought the whole thing was silly....buying "YOURSELF" flowers....Mom, seriously.
She thought the whole thing was downright ridiculous.
She will get it one day.
I am one happy Mom as I sit here and click away with my flowers beside me.
Let us look for the small things this week.
The big things may be yucky, scary and out of our hands,
but the little things are all around us, and they are good.
What was your simple joy today?
