Reasons to smile...

:: a blue sky after several days of gray

:: finding a beautiful flower to put in a vase.

:: not being quick enough about it and watching Carmel eat it.

:: Owen "mowing" the lawn with his scissors.

:: Cutting a salad for lunch with every single item of clothing on inside-out, backwards, or both.      I love that kid.

:: my new thrifted cup reminding me of being 3 or 4 or 5 (I don't really know) and hanging out with my mama and papa...(which is more like mamaw and papaw and not at all like momma and poppa, is that confusing?)..hmm, my grandparents.  They used to have cups like this and would sit in bed in the mornings with a three (or something) year old Jaime plopped down in the middle of them.  They would let me drink "coffee" with them out of a similar cup.  Good memories. Loving the cup.
:: the ducks running around outside and NOT in my bathtub.