What brought you joy today?

My joy yesterday was joining my sisters and dear friends for a picnic and musical under the stars in our beautiful Valley of the Moon, Sonoma, CA. The final song was “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” The Joy was pressed down and overflowing…

It was so great being able to address with others on this site my fears of not outliving my precious little souls before I took them when the opportunity arose. So much great advice. That too made my day to help me make this dream a reality while being practical. Silence outside. I had better go and have a look 😂♥️

It brought me joy that I was able to take care of my mother for a few days while she recovered from a serious case of Anaplasmosis (tick-borne), rather than being the person everyone has to take care of.

It brought me even more joy that she's recovering well and seems like herself again.

These brought me joy today, and every other day since they came into my life a fortnight ago at 9 weeks old. My 2 Labradoodle puppies Benji and Lulu. Toilet training is a work in progress 😂 I’ve been over 2 years NED from stage 4 appendix cancer and these little souls have greatly enriched my life ♥️♥️

Had doctors appointment after body CT. They found no malignancies and CEA has come down to 5.3.

This bright me joy.

You certainly are very connected to nature and all the little critters within. How can that not bring you joy? The opposite of that would be someone totally oblivious to the nature that surrounds us and is available to anyone who opens their eyes and ears. Gods glory surrounds us everywhere, but the modern technological world can drown everything out and we shouldn’t let that happen.

Eight squirrels came to my patio at once for walnuts this morning. They look for me through my windows and sometimes chatter to call me out. It was a squirrel party! So cute! Stayed about an hour. Just like Arnold, they’ll be back! They melt my heart! Sometimes when I’m standing outside not paying attention, one will tug on my pant leg to get my attention. When I come home and walk toward my condo they run up to me like little dogs. My dogs are all gone now so this is my only animal love unless a patient dog walker lets me love on their dog for a minute. I’m surrounded by huge pine trees so the squirrels all live in those. They also rattle my front door screen to get me to open the door. Luckily they haven’t figured out how to ring the doorbell — yet. LOL

A couple “pet” crows follow me for a mile on my walks. The mail carrier was shocked one day when she saw me throughout the neighborhood with a couple crows flying from building to building anticipating my route. Little juncos come in my patio and also land right in front of me on my walks to ask for walnut crumbs. Bunnies hang out but they just eat grass. Ducks and egrets occasionally hang out in the garden. Skunks are outside late at night. They are mellow just digging for grub. Never did they spray my dogs. Stomped their feet on occasion to say, back up. It’s all a very Snow White experience around here that makes my day. Nature is so beautiful and peaceful. 🥰

I thank the Divine for my life as it us TODAY. Amen.

I actually can't put it in words,, that proverbial bus ran me over yesterday, and today, it has been a really good day. I try not to over think it, just take the good feeling and run with it. Best to all.