Happiness Journal

As I was cleaning out my desk yesterday I found this photo. It makes me happy!

Last summer we spent a week on Orcas Island camping with the kids. It was an amazing adventure and one I know we will each cherish for the rest of our lives. This past weekend Tom and I took Emily and Ben to the coast for a weekend away. Although there is a tremendous voidContinue reading “Happiness Journal”

Happiness Journal

Through my grief, through the missing and through the longing I do find happiness. It’s the simplest things, like watching the birds play in Anna and Abby’s tree in the morning while I’m drinking my coffee on the front porch. It’s feeling a furry Linus curling up at our feet as Tom and I are embracing, comfortingContinue reading “Happiness Journal”

Happiness Journal

Today I asked Linus to sit and stay and he did, this makes me very happy. Simple I know ~ some days the simplest things are the best things.

Happiness Journal

I remember when Anna was little I used to day dream about her having siblings, specifically a big brother. I grew up with a big brother who I adored and I secretly wanted that for Anna too. Four years ago when Tom and I blended our families Anna got just that, her big brother Ben.Continue reading “Happiness Journal”

Happiness Journal

What makes me happy today is remembering how much my little girl loved Elmo.