One of this week’s writing prompts from Mama Kat's Pretty Much World Famous Writer's Workshop was to
“list the top 9 things that bring you joy”.
It wasn’t as easy as I thought.
First I struggled to come up with 9 things that made sense then I had to
struggle to stop at 9. These are the top
9 in no particular order:
Meeting my husband at the door each night when we get home ~ my husband and I eat dinner together every night with rare exceptions. Our time together is very limited so we like to make sure we connect over dinner, decompress and spend time relaxing. I love seeing him pull into the driveway or find him there when I arrive home. Where he is, is home for me.
My cat, Camille ~ she’s 8, domestic short hair, black with a
little white mark on her chest. She is
very social and remarkably vocal. She’s
super nosy, loves to eat and loves to be with us. She also loves to wake me at 4 a.m. to feed
her – that part does not bring me much joy.
Spending time with my family ~ I’m very blessed to be close
to my family. We have fun together
pretty much wherever we are. We all know
how quickly things can change and how precious life is so we make the most of
what we have.
Listening to my 7 year old niece talk about fairies ~ my
little niece is 7 going on 19. She has a
flair for the dramatic that my mother insists she got me from. She’s funny and talented and pretty (hey…she
is just like me!) and she is a ray of sunshine in my life. She has had quite the thing for fairies for a
while and if you get her going she will amaze you with how much she knows. She has me convinced I have two living in my
yard.
Star gazing ~ I always liked looking at the stars but I so love doing it now in our back yard. When the sky is clear, it is dark enough here for me to see forever. I feel very small and very awed at what a tiny part we play in such an enormous story.
Cooking & baking ~ many chefs swear by the adage that food is love. I completely agree. Little gives me more joy than feeding people. Or making people eat my cooking experiments.
Summer ~ I love summer. I love being barefoot outside, warm grass and soft moss, how warm sunshine smells, drying clothes outside, windows open all day and all night, crickets, eating outside, iced coffee, swimming …
Beautiful music ~ there are pieces of music that make my ears bleed, but others make me want to cry. These are some sounds I love: Canon in D; John Denver and the Muppets~A Christmas Together; children singing just about anything....
There are many more things but here are my top 9. If you are feeling blue or think you have nothing to be joyful about - I say to you -start counting and don't stop.
xo
