Simple things...

It was a good night. last night. No, it was a great night. It was the first night we could sleep with the windows open and listen the spring peepers! Life doesn't get much better than that! I've come to understand that it is the simple things in life that give me much pleasure. I love sleeping with the windows open. The cool breeze and smell of fresh air. The spring peepers just lull me into a peaceful sleep. (Dan says they keep him awake, and he often closes the window.) The smell of apple pie baking in the oven makes me happy. Watching the sandhill cranes fly high over our house, making their unusual calls, makes me happy. A thoughtful word or action from a friend brings me joy. Curling up in bed with my warm blanket from Mexico and a good book is delightful. I could go on and on... finding toads in the pile of landscaping mulch, sleeping in on a Saturday morning, the taste of my favorite Chai tea, watching the moon rise over our lake, my fuzzy nightgown, watching bluebirds hatch from their eggs.

Sometimes I get bogged down in the day to day life I live. It's the same ol' thing day after day, week after week, year after year. Lately, I've come to find joy in the simple things of my day to day life, and it is good.