Project Smile: My Umbrella of Smile-Worthy Moments
“The world always looks brighter from behind a smile.” – Author Unknown
Life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Dark clouds filled with deadlines, expectations, doubt and disappointment roll through sometimes; threatening to rain down on our pretty little picnic at a moment’s notice. During moments like these we have one of two options: Sit there in the rain eating our soggy sandwich. Or, seek shelter from the storm under an umbrella.
An umbrella of heartwarming, smile-worthy moments. Moments that make our world a little bit brighter. Moments like these…
Receiving flowers from the hubby for no reason at all. Sweet, simple and totally unexpected. Flowers always bring a smile to my face.
The pretty Playdough “cookies” my 7-year old Maya made for me. I remember doing the same thing for my Mom. It’s amazing how some of the sweet things we did for our mothers come around full circle when we become mothers ourselves.
Watching a huge flock of geese fly overhead as the first snow arrived. I’m assuming they were headed south for the winter. Who knows? Who cares. It was an amazing sight, that’s for sure.
Looking on as my 3 older children laughed hysterically while wrestling each other in the living room. It just warms my heart when they spend their time together not fighting. Can I get an amen?
Wisps of curly brown hair dancing in the wind. It wasn’t an earth shattering moment, but something about watching Alana’s sun-kissed hair dance in the wind made me smile.
My 13-year old daughter Alyssa, making dinner for the entire family one night. I was floored when she offered to take over and make dinner for us all. It had been a particularly rough day, so I was more than happy to step back and let her play chef. It wasn’t a gourmet meal, but it was certainly made with love.
And finally, the beautiful sunset I witnessed from my lanai (pronounced “luh-nigh”; Hawaiian, for balcony or deck) last week. Talk about gorgeous!
By the way love your new blog header.
The bird looks like they are spelling out something! Great, happy moments!