Flowers at Chatuchak market, Bangkok, ThailandPhoto: C. Mercado
David asks this weekend question: What makes you happy?
This was quite timely since sometime back, I had made a list of the things that made me smile, ergo, made me happy. Since it is such an easy thing to do, I thought I would just copy that list here, and that would basically answer David's question, and that would be a new post! Is that cheating? I did add a few new ones....
So here is a list of things that make me smile, just in random order...
- watching Kara and Kristina sleep like angels
- hugs and cuddles from people I love
- when my two daughters smile
- getting emails from my daughters
- personalised cards that my babies make for me
- surprises, anything
- sunrises and sunsets
- poetry, especially if it is read aloud to me
- being surrounded by family
- knowing that my father and mother are healthy and growing old gracefully
- getting my feet wet on the beach
- catching snowflakes on my tongue
- the smell of incense, coffee, anything baking
- when I am looking at old photos and remembering when these were taken
- flowers, especially roses, lilies and tulips
- warm gulab jamuns
- ice cream and apple pie
- talking to my family on the phone
- Scrabble games
- new issues of the New Yorker
- cold winter evenings in front of the fire sipping hot chocolate
- curling up in my favourite chair with a new book
- new shoes!
- sitting and holding hands at the movies with my loved one
- love letters
- baby pictures of Kara and Kris and my nephews and nieces
- a nice long walk in the park
- Nirmal's goofy grin
- chatting with Tanya
- the sound of rain
- a trip to the hairdresser
- a nice, long massage
- the smell of lavender
- birthdays, birthday cakes, Christmas, any holiday where family is together
- being with my friends, simply enjoying their company
And, I am saving the best for last, blogging, reading my friends' blogs and having them read mine and leave lovely comments!!
What makes YOU happy?
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