Things that made me smile today......day 12

Hearing happy birthday being sung downstairs to a very special friend.....croissant for breakfast.......Christmas decorations in Jacksons nurseries......9 people eating fajitas around a table........launching a Chinese flying lantern to celebrate a friends 40th birthday x

Things that make me smile......day 10

So am a little late & have missed 2 days but never mind........
Being first to drive in a car park of freshly fallen snow.....Christmas lunch for £4.....being asked to a family birthday tea, when I'm not technically part of the family.....watching a child be in awe of a snow fall for the first time in her life.....friends never wanting the evening the end.......happy days!

Things that made me smile today.......day 8

Friends who encourage & believe I can be so much more than I am-especially in my photography......Christmas dinner out with my youth & secret Santa presents.....a houseful to come home too & say how your day is going

Things that made me smile today.......day 7

An e-mail first thing with a prayer request from one friend & a response already from another-love the way God can pull people together as friends wherever they maybe in the world......The dog "dancing" with my Dad......bread & butter pudding with friends

Things that made me smile today......day 6

...........making Quesadilla's in the kitchen at church for the AGM while listening to laughter and chit chat in the main hall.....Starbucks spicy chai latte-mmmmmmm.....sitting around the dinner table laughing & chatting......hearing a 7 year old & her mum laughing, chatting and playing as she's preparing for bedtime

So why am I doing this?!?!?!

The question maybe that after months/years of not bothering that much with the blog, I've suddenyl turned up 4 days on the run! Why?!?!?!?

Well I realised that I can become so focused on the negative - or looking for the "big" things in life that make me smile, that I forget about the moments that you need to pause and recognise as special - even if in the scheme of things they aren't monumental, we still need to recognise them.........

So that's what I'm trying to do here; remember them, appreciate them, and recognise them.........those special, fleeting moments that we all too often take for granted or don't even realise they're there........

How long I'll continue this for, I'm not too sure - but I'm hoping that my perspective, attitude and outlook will change with it!

Things that made me smile today.......day 4

A trip round Ikea with a friend..........a family atmosphere around a dinner table that I was part of (that others may class as the mundane but I find makes me smile)............fresh bedlinen and pyjama's for tonights sleep..........*sigh*

What made me smile today........day 3

Little bit late with yesterdays but here it is.......an e-mail from a friend saying that God had used me to strengthen, encourage & guide her.......there are so many times I feel I fail at friendship-this made me really smile & thank God

Things that made me smile today-day 2

The roasted red pepper & butternut squash I had for lunch, as well as the fabulous friend I had lunch with..........the 75 year old woman in the long queue at the bank with the red beret that spoke loudly about the problems in the UK being down to the fact we've never had a revolution - she said "I mean look at all this civil queuing, you don't get this in France, we need a revolution". I'm still laughing now!

What made me smile today

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...........making a hot chocolate for my lovely ladies in work & making them smile.......wearing my £1.99 ring that matches my earrings & someone commenting on how nice it was.......putting up Christmas decorations in work.........cleaning with a friend in church