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:

1. When I see myself in my daughter
2. Days when my entire family gets together
3. Friends that transcend time – no matter how long it’s been we pick up right where we left off
4. 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
5. Answered prayers
6. Unanswered prayers
7. Moments when you realize the bigger “why”
8. Weekend road trips
9. Family traditions
10. A clean house (and the 5 seconds when every last piece of clothing in the house is washed and put away)
11. Getting lost in my work
12. 70 degrees and 0 humidity
13. The end of missing someone
14. Target
15. Butterflies
16. Thunderstorms and snowstorms when I don’t have anywhere to be
17. Witty people
18. McDonald’s fountain diet coke in a Styrofoam cup
19. The smell of rain
20. Authenticity
21. Roller coasters
22. Stories that inspire me to be and do more
23. Rom-coms
24. 80’s movies
25. Traveling – anywhere

#dontmissoutonlife