What a great thread! Things that make me happy:
- Perfect fall days like the one today - warm sunshine with a crispness to the air and a sharp blue sky to frame the mountains
- A good annual checkup
- DONUTS!!!!
- Having a book so good to read, I can't put it down
- Curling up with the Sunday paper on a cold winter's morning while sipping piping hot coffee, building a fire, and watching the dog snooze in front of it
- Racing catamarans in screaming wind on a warm summer day
- Waking up on Saturday morning, realizing I can sleep in, and burrowing under the covers for another two hours
- First kisses (especially when they are GOOD
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- The smell of freshly cut grass
- The first time I hear the crunch of snow echoing off silence in winter
- Thunderstorms when reading said good book on a Sunday afternoon
- Sitting down to a clean house after working all day to have cleaned it
- Greeting friends at the airport; anticipating their arrival
- Hearing the Star Spangled Banner play at the Olympics - never gets old
- Sun sparkling on a rippling lake
- The smell of pine sap reverberating through the forest on a warm day
- ICE CREAM!!!
- Finding shoes that are CUTE and FIT (I wear size 12!!!)
- Flowers, in any way, shape or form
- Sunsets that set the sky ablaze in oranges, pinks, and purples
- The time of day the shadows stretch out and the sun turns the world golden
- Children's first attempts at knock-knock jokes
- CHOCOLATE!!!!
- Entering sacred spaces; feeling expansive and whole at the same time
- Laughing until I cry and my belly aches
- Writing lists of what makes me happy
Thanks, Bonny!
