Little things make me happy. And sometimes, when I get really overwhelmed with life, I make a list just to remind me to smile and take a deep breath. That happened this morning- and here’s the list I came up with. Some things are diabetes related-and some things are not. But all make me smile~
The feel and smell of the air after a rainstorm at the beach
Fresh Blueberries
Loose tea brewed just right
Parallel parking into a parking space on the first try – I’m freakishly good at parallel parking- if I do say so myself!
Solving a problem on my MAC sans help
Making people laugh
Convincing my niece that Hannah Montana is indeed the devil’s spawn
Achieving “Blood Sugar Nirvana “ after eating pizza
Learning to let go of things I can’t change.
Correctly blousing for something I’ve never eaten before.
Fresh Green Iced Tea with mint sprigs and Pineapple Sage
Glass Beach at low tide
Bonding over insulin pumps with a stranger
Bolus worthy baked goods
Thumbs up from my Endocrinologist
Summer Farmers Markets
That over whelming feeling of happiness that fills me whenever someone writes a comment on my Blog Post
Coming to the realization that I did indeed eat 5 servings of fruits & vegetables at the end of the day
Heirloom Tomatoes
Vanilla Soft-Serve Ice Cream on a plain cone
Doggies
Cinnamonny Stuff
Watching my nieces Tess and Cristin perform and knowing that they will and are living their dreams.
My niece Maddie’s amazing art work in all mediums
The wonderful feeling of anticipation of D-Meet Ups
The great feeling I get AT the D-Meet-Up
Fresh sheets on my bed
Laughing out loud at the movies
Swimming in the ocean
Pretty Shoes
Laughing from my belly
Letting myself have a good cry when needed
Oatmeal cookies
Finding extra pump & test strip supplies in old handbags and suitcases.
Musicians who are even better in concert than they are on iTunes
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9 comments:
I am going to have to make my own list like this! I may do that tomorrow. Yesterday was a day when I had serious issues w/ stress and work. :(
You have the right idea....trying to remember what makes us smile. :)
I'm a kick-ass parallel parker, too! And I love fresh sheets. You know, I think I might just look at YOUR list when I need a pick-me-up. You've already written down a bunch of things I'd write, too. Have a happy day!
I looove your list, it really is some of the simplest things which are best, I do do lists and your's really made me smile x
I'm with you all of them, but of course "Doggies" was my favourite :-) My Pomeranians would agree with you.
Good post. I gotta step back and breathe too.
Great list!!!
I shall look at it often.
;-)
The other night I did my 1:30am check and NONE of the boys needed a bolus OR food. I didn't have to do anything! Needless to say, I fell asleep with the silliest grin on my face.
You are SO right, it's the little things that keep us going and make it all worth while. :)
What a great idea! We all need to do this every now and then.
What a wonderful reminder to all of us to take some time to appreciate all of the little things we love. Because when you come right down to it, life is mostly just a bunch of little things all strung together. :)
Kelly, you are so cute. I love you :)
this list is great. I'm going to make one
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