When life feels overwhelming, negativity creeps into my mind and worries keep me awake at night, nothing works better than listing the good things in life. So here are ten things that make me happy today.
- cute little birds that visit us and sing for us in exchange for a little bit of sugar
- our (unborn) grandson growing big and doing very well (and our daughter too)
- our other daughter finally getting high enough on the list to believe she will get a house in the area where she works soon (the long commute is burning her out)
- knitting
- being in the garden, making plans for the garden, working in the garden, even if it’s only for short moments between rain showers and exhaustion
- this house. The way to finding and eventually buying it was bumpy (a story better saved for another blogpost), but so worth it. I love it so much
- feeling that my body is healing. Slowly, but surely
- all-time favorite books that sooth my mind and make me smile (especially during those sleepless nights)
- phone calls from the girls and my father. These take hours (literally) out of my days, but I love spending time with them that way. It makes this distance between us bearable.
- this blog; the way it makes me think about my life and the connections made through it
What is making you happy today?
NOT A STATION 
when family is out of town or in your case out of the country, phone calls and connections take their time from the day!! my children live out of town and I live for phone calls or a video call. The older they get the busier they are. I keep a gratitude list and journal about the gratitudes.
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Yes, they do get busier… they don’t call that often and I remind myself that I didn’t call my mom that much either. But when they call we talk for hours and that makes it all good.
I can’t keep up with gratitude lists and journals, but it does help to post them on the blog every once in a while.
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What are some of the all-time favorite books you’re thinking of?
Your pretty little birds are so cute. Our pretty birds have started leaving for the winter, or have lost their pretty colors for the season. I saw 3 big bully Blue Jays here the other day, but usually it’s just the sparrows and finches and doves hanging around here at this time of year.
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Oh, usually books I loved to read as a teenager (Dutch writers and Laura Ingalls Wilder) or Agatha Christie and other older “cozy detectives”. Anything that sets me back to simpler times.
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I am sorry to hear that you are having a difficult time at the moment. Exhaustion is hard. Writing a gratitude list is very grounding and your list is full of lovely things.
Helping a group of girls with some sewing, having time to chat with a friend, the beautiful scene as I opened my curtains this morning and a wonderful autumnal blue sky has what has made me happy today.
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Those are lovely things too!
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Today it’s the knowledge that my frame is ready to test. I took way too long to get it ready, fear of doing it wrong was paramount, but now I am past that and with trepidation will try to load a quilt and get it done. Blessings on you today and all days! Love the progress on the baby blanket.
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Thank you!
Can’t wait to see what you do with the frame. Your quilts are all so beautiful!
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