Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes..
Today I found a quiet place, closed my eyes, and just started thinking of things that make me smile....my favorite things. I've listed a few, in no particular order, as a comment. What are yours?
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- when my kids are wrestling and all I can see is a jumble of arms and legs and laughing faces
- limp boooooodddddddyyyy
- when Katie’s eyes turn violet
- the feel of alpaca or cashmere running through my fingers
- driving down mountain roads and never seeing another car
- touch
- road trips down the back roads
- soccer games in the fall
- seeing my kid on stage, performing her heart out
- moonlight dancing on the open ocean
- hot desert winds in August
- brilliant architecture
- total silence
- looking in his eyes and knowing he’s still my best decision, ever
- my warm furry puppies
- lightening storms
- floating in cool water on a hot day
- live-oak trees covered with Spanish moss
- people who are completely honest
- New Orleans’ Vieux Carré
- riverboats
- intelligent conversation
- campfires
- sugar-white sand against emerald green water
- gentle souls
Getting free Amtrak rides with my friend, to just about anywhere in SoCal...
Tahoe sunsets, and sunrises...
Walking down 10th Street in Santa Monica on a clear summer's evening...
a wink from someone special
sleep
a hand on the small of the back or the back of the my thigh
french toast