Don’t forget to stop and love the little things…because one day you will look back and realize they were actually the big things. I don’t know what’s coming for me in the weeks, months and years ahead – but I’m going to be thankful for all the little things that I might not have otherwise noticed along the way.
Here are my 25 little things right now, in no particular order:
- When I see myself in my daughter
- Days when my entire family gets together
- Friends that transcend time – no matter how long it’s been we pick up right where we left off
- When my 6-year-old crawls into bed with me at 4 a.m. and grabs my hand in order to fall back to sleep
- Answered prayers
- Unanswered prayers
- Moments when you realize the bigger “why”
- Weekend road trips
- Family traditions
- A clean house (and the 5 seconds when every last piece of clothing in the house is washed and put away)
- Getting lost in my work
- 70 degrees and 0 humidity
- The end of missing someone
- Target
- Butterflies
- Thunderstorms and snowstorms when I don’t have anywhere to be
- Witty people
- McDonald’s fountain diet coke in a Styrofoam cup
- The smell of rain
- Authenticity
- Roller coasters
- Stories that inspire me to be and do more
- Rom-coms
- 80’s movies
- Traveling – anywhere