Happiness...

There is one thing about following blogs: 

  that you find more blogs to follow.

There are a lot of fascinating and talented people out there!

One blog that I recently found is called 

Collage of Life

one woman's view...

She recently wrote an amazing tribute to her mother,

who is loving, tenacious, talented 

and all those things that I would 

love to be.

 Jeanne writes so beautifully

that instantly she brought

her mother to life 

on a page.

For some reason Jeanne found me

and sweetly wrote me a note.

 Today she talked about

Happiness Moments

and mentioned me (among four other people).

What an honor!

One of the great things about having a blog 

is that it does remind me of reasons to be 

happy!

So here is my list of things that make me happy:

(not in order of importance or inclusiveness)

Seeing the beauty of the Earth.

Not just the spectacular places

but I love seeing 

 a flower in the garden,

a deer in the valley below us

or a colorful sunset in the distance.
It really is all spectacular!

Being with Jeff.

It doesn't have to be in a tropical setting (although that makes me happy too),

it can be walking down the street,

going to lunch,

or just holding hands on the couch.

My family.

I love the talking, laughing or even the silence,

when they are around.

The good things about having animals.

They can bring such love and laughter to a home.

Making friends and having friends.
 

Getting an unexpected compliment.

The fact that Jeff will go to the store for me 

and buy anything I ask.

Anything.

Having a project turn out better than expected.

Having something good to look forward to.

Like a trip,

 a lunch out,

a good book,

a fun movie, 

a project

or peace and quiet.

Knowing that I can do better tomorrow

and try again.