My children remind me what pure joy is.
They stop me in my tracks and help me to remember that joy is found in our every day lives.
I am reminded that it is my choice, to find joy or miss it because I’m too focused on what’s next.
I hope you find your joy today, and every day.
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I need this reminder daily. I don’t find my joy on twitter – I find it in those sweet sticky hands pulling at my leg and shutting my laptop down.
Thank you!
xoxo, Tracy
Exactly, Tracy.
I love those sticky sweet hands <3 <3
I am always blessed when I find the warmth and joy inside my house that doesn’t exist anywhere else on this planet, we have to work to keep it around (I’m looking at you piles of stuff) but there’s no other feeling quite like it, especially when it’s so dreary outside.
xoxo
Quit looking at my piles of stuff.
Thank you for being one of my joys, Casey <3
Big love and squeezy hugs to you, Rachel.
xo
Giant love my SB
Excellent message my friend. I had a moment of pure joy this morning while each of my two littles sat with me, one on each knee. Children are JOY embodied, for certain.
OH Elaine <3 yay. What a precious time. Yes, children are joy embodied <3
Rachel – I’ll be on the lookout for joy today – just because of this. God Bless you and keep you and all of your joys., You are a blessing to many.
Thank you so much, Craig. Your words are so wonderful.
Today I made my son laugh (on purpose) until he couldn’t talk. That was enough joy to last me for quite a while.
TARA — awwwwwwwwwwwwww love it
We spent the entire afternoon outside in the sunshine and now I’m about to get the grill fired up.
One of the best sounds in the world is that of sun-kissed giggles!
Oh Bridget — that sounds heavenly and yes, sun kissed giggles are awesome
What a lovely post and a great reminder for us all to open our eyes and our hearts for joy is present every day if we are open to it. Today my joy was in receiving news that my brother-in-law came through a 3 hour open heart surgery this morning without any complications. Thanks for sharing your joy with all of us.
Paula, I am so happy to hear that <3
Beautiful and so true. I’ve been trying to remind myself of this recently whenever I can, especially while my kids are still so young and these times are so precious.
My problem is that I recognize those moments mostly after the kids went to bed.. so yes, I need to work on living IN that moment.
Thanks for a beautiful reminder, Rachel.
yes!!
Thank you for the reminder. All day my head has been so full of the lists of things I need to get through this weekend that I’m forgetting to enjoy today’s beautiful weather and two days with my husband. It’s so easy to get lost in what’s unimportant.
This picture is pure awesome!
Have you tried out your “new” camera yet?
YUM.
Isn’t it amazing? The things we can learn from our children?
It IS amazing what we get from them. Such a great picture! Thanks!
YES!