This Week's Simple Joys

There were several small joys this week. Joys that I took the time to notice and appreciate. Things that might otherwise have slipped through the cracks, going unnoticed, on weeks when I wasn’t paying attention.

But I did pay attention.

And here are some reasons that I’m glad that I did:

• A short early morning run for the first time in weeks.
• A snow day with my two special girls.
• Make up sex.
• An absolute perfect bowl of oatmeal.
• Feeling, without a doubt, how very loved that I am.
• A dinnertime picnic on the kitchen floor.
• The sound of the snow crunching under my feet on a walk to work.
• Reaching out in the dark and feeling CBG beside me.
• Bright winter sunlight bouncing off the brilliantly fresh snow.
• Falling even more in love.
• A heart-to-heart with my best friend.
• Shoveling with my daughter and breathing in the cold freshness of winter.
• Family dessert night.
• Feeling the boundaries of my love being tested and realizing that it runs deeper than I ever thought possible.
• Loving, loving, loving.