My List

I have this list…I keep it in my head…an ever-expanding file of things that make me happy…things that make me smile. What makes this list so amazing is that it’s always very near and I never know from day to day…which items will appear On this list are my friends and family… and individual moments we have shared moments that were planned out…and moments unprepared. Moments walking along the beach Skipping stones or holding hands When our children and grandchildren were young and we built castles in the sand. Standing under sunrises and sunsets In the city watching crowds Seeing the waves move across the ocean or the changing colors in the clouds. Listening to bird songs or the wind whistle through the trees Walking barefoot in the grass feeling the mist in a morning breeze. The feel of a baby’s skin The taste of sugar cane The aroma of cookies baking The smell of a forest after rain My list is in no apparent order… thoughts float in then float away I’m never sure what’s coming next… and I kind of like it that way. It means whenever I call up my list when I stop and visit it a while I am never far from happiness. and the things that make me smile.