Six unimportant things that make me happy

Thanks girlymama for the idea!  Here six unimportant things that make me happy:

1.  “Mama” – that word in and of itself is an amazing thing to hear, but when my 15 month old bundle of wonderful perfect joy wakes up in the middle of the night, and through his still asleep soft voice and his still closed eyes he calls “mama mama” and when I come to him and begin to nurse him he snuggles against me and again says “mmm mama mama” – wow.  Just amazing.

2.  Quiet and a good book – Oh my!  I do love the quiet.  And a good book?  What more is there to life?  And the two of them together, at the same time????  THIS is what my Heaven will be!

3.  Alone time with hubby – With seven kids, five of them living here full time, a mentally disabled extremely high needs teenager and a very busy toddler among them, those 48 hours I get once a month with just Chris (ok well Ashton is always there too but we make do!)…..  Those 48 hours are what makes me get through the other 3,249,491 hours a month.  Our reconnection time, our us time, our time to be like teenagers falling in love with each other all over again.  It is purely and simply, wonderful.

4.  Our boat – even though it sucks during the winter when it takes up space in our garage and we have to make payments on it when we aren’t using it, and the gas can be expensive, and it is a lot of work to clean it before and after each use, and sometimes we can spend a whole day on it and Chris and I never get to do anything but help everyone else into life jackets and wake boards and blowing up tubes and deflating tubes and cooking lunch and serving our kids and our guests, there is nothing in this world that has been more of a joy and blessing to our family than our boat.  Everytime we are on it, Chris and I look at each other and say “the best thing we have ever bought!  This is great!  I love this thing!!!”….

5.  Being able to afford “it” – So many years not only in this marriage, but in all of my life, have been spent having to watch every penny, sometimes not knowing how to afford gas or finding enough food to make it through the week.  But we are finally at a point, Glory be to God, that we can afford to give our family more freedom.  We can take trips, have steak for dinner, and let the kids pick out their own school clothes!  I can go to the store whenever I need something and just get it.  I can buy things because they are a good deal, not because we are in dire need of it.

6.  My faith – I once was lost, but now am found.  I was a faithful person and then lost that, and thank the Lord I have it back now.  I am walking in step with the Good Lord again and we are more at one then we have ever been.  This makes everything in my life come together and I am truly blessed to be blessed.

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