Happiness is....

Dance Recitals

Friends announcing engagements, pregnancies, hunting for houses, and moving into houses

A husband who makes you laugh

Kid birthday parties making rolling robots

Finding new roses hidden in your backyard

Getting through day 24 of Shred with energy left over at the end

Learning about yourself through the comments of others

Daddies who paint their little girl's fingernails

Sending your mom a homemade birthday card

Thinking of the smile she will get from the sweet sentiment

Taking walks with friends

Spotting the season's first bougainvillea flower

Having lunch with your aunt who you haven't seen in over 4 years

Leftover Easter candy

Lunch dates with your husband

Figuring out that true joy comes from Him, not circumstance. And feeling that joy from within.

Kids asking to go to bed 2 hours early because they are excited about their field trip in the morning

Listening to your husband wake himself up from his own snoring

Putting special notes in kid lunches

"Birds love cheez-its, Mama!" 40 times in 1 afternoon

Looking forward to a week vacation. With a stack of fresh books to read.

Soft, pink, little girl blankets

Checking on your son past his bedtime, only to find him sneaking a read of his Bible.

The compassion that fills the room of AA meetings

Neighborhood kids riding bikes together

Headbands and tights

A woman with a big heart helping a charity close to my heart. Brilliant.

Friends taking birthday cakes and crying during their speech

Putting the flannel sheets back in the hall closet

Hearing your dad say he is proud of the woman you have become

The weekend...is it here yet?