So much about this week made me understand where my happiness lies. It is found in simplicity. In sitting at the table and colouring with my children. Going for hikes. Cuddling in the morning. Reading stories. Making good food for them. Holding hands. Prayers. Nights spent knitting. Time listening to my daughter play her harp. Moments of laughter shared with my son. It is watching them blaze through developmental stages I was told they’d never reach. It is biking at the park, sitting in the garden and dancing in the kitchen. My happiness is nothing complex at all. It doesn’t lie in my bank account, planning for retirement, renovating a house or taking a holiday. It is the day-in-day-out togetherness. It is the proof we have each other, for eternity.
Yes, this week I will always remember colouring (twice!) at the table with my children and their very sweet words of encouragement “good job, Mama” and “ooooh, I like how you coloured that flower”. I hope I use this happy memory to find many more moments to tune out the noise and just spend time together. Even if all we do is colour.
What made you happy this week?
FT, you are brilliant, you have realised what the truly important things in life are
I wish you and yours many years of happiness together.
If you met me in real life you’d see I’m very ordinary. I promise. Thanks for all the lovely, happy wishes.
Don’t you just love how they will encourage us? it shows that they are mirroring what we do for them and that they enjoy the encouragement we give them enough to return it. Yes, it is the simple things that make us the happiness, if you can call love simple.
“if you can call love simple” – it is the most simple of things and yet the most complex.
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It’s so good that you have your blog to look back on, what a treasure box!
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Hmm i think i meant a treasure trove!
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Yes, I would like at some point to get it made into a book. But there is such a mix of stuff here, I wouldn’t want everything. I think after this month of nothing I’m going to being scrapbooking again. I’ll begin with this month and then try to catch up with last year. I’d like to be able to have something physical to look at, particularly in low moments.
One should never outgrow coloring! I came home sick today (would have been nice if the bug had come on BEFORE the hour commute). Now that I’ve had a nap, I would like a piece of toast and to round up some of the little one’s coloring books and crayons.