Sunday afternoon

It was a wonderful Sunday! Cleaned house amidst the aroma of pasta sauce simmering on the stove. Anthony anticipated the lasagna all afternoon and when it finally came time to eat, wolfed down 2 great big bowls!!! Way to go Daddy! DELICIOUS.......
It has been a while since I sat down to make any jewelry and part of my happiness project is get reconnected to the jewelry and Kari......that brings a smile to my heart....I'm sure she would like what I came up with today.

The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.

- Bertrand Russell

Happiness

A very good friend of mine had been talking recently about a book that she was reading called the "Happiness Project". It sounded like she was really enjoying it. I hadn't thought much about it until I spent yesterday afternoon with this same friend. We walked into Chapter's and she said "I am buying this book for you". I replied by saying "Well I could just borrow yours when you are done". She would have nothing to do with that and proceeded to buy me a copy. The only thing she said about it after was "Promise me you will read the first chapter...January". I took it home where I was alone for a couple of hours (this is a rare occurrance)...sat on the couch in the sunshine and opened the book. I did read January....February and March! I am hooked. The book enables you to take a look at your own life and find ways that can bring more happiness to it. Most of us are generally happy people. I am for the most part but after reading a few chapters I realize that there are ways that I can change the way I behave and react to the people close to me which can only result in happiness and inner peace. I am grateful for my friends, family and the life that has been given to me. I am the only one that is in complete charge of how happy I am and I look forward to learning and growing and seeing what my Happiness Project will bring. I would recommend this book to anyone........Happy reading!!!

I have been truly blessed to have wonderful people in my life. For the past couple of months I have been walking at lunch time with 2 of my work collegues. We have formed a really nice relationship, alot of which revolves around great conversations exploring spirituality. I am not a religious person but can say that I am spiritual. I believe there is more to life than we can possibly know and I trust that we will all find out one day. One conversation revolved around Anthony and I had said that I am so excited every day when I drive to pick him up after work.... I can't wait to see him and ask him about his day. I was told that this is the way God feels when he sees us. We are his children and he has plans for us. That one little sentence meant so much and really put so much into perspective. It sounds so simple and so easy to understand. When you think about it, it truly is. We are lent to earth to learn, explore and discover and then one day return to where we came from. If you think about your own child being given to someone else for a while and then the overwhelming joy you would have when they were returned! When people pass away you almost always here "They were called home"......We don't understand why some are called sooner than others but I do believe that we will  all see each other again. Each day that goes by means it is one day closer to seeing them again.....

One of Kari's favorite songs...I can hear her singing it to Jayda  while they flutter in the heavenly breeze. Spread your wings and fly pretty butterflies!