What Makes Me Happy?!? I guess I've never stopped long enough to really contemplate this simple question. Where does my true joy & happiness stem from? So I've pondered this question and here are the reults:
1.) Softball! Need I say anything more?!? Give me a sunny (I'll even take warm & rainy) day on a field with great friends and there isn't a worry in the world. (Well unless Trevy parks to close to the right field line.) Being physically active is a neccessity for being happy...it keeps those endorphins moving. 
2.) A Peanut Buster Parfait from DQ on a hot summer's day. A good book & my fleece blanket in front of the fireplace on a cold rainy day. A sled & Sherwin Hill on a beautiful winter afternoon. A bonfire & family on a chilly fall evening.
3.) Keagan & Taliya! In advance, I'd like to apologize to them for the utter crazy life I have given them. However, it's also this crazy life that as helped make them into the unique individuals that they are becoming. Their random "aha" moments bring smiles to my face daily. Keagan's ability to fantasize about fictional characters and their purpose in the universe is incredibly creative. The fact he can transfer those images into drawings and physical creations is amazing. Taliya has her own image of the world and I belive it's called "Taliyaville". I find joy in the fact that my children have minds of their own...completely different from one another but bound by a sibling connection.
4.) My friends & family! This isn't to say my happiness is based on these individuals but I certainly would be unhappy without each one of them in my life. Yes, that even means those whom bring me stress and grief more often than not. (You know who you are!) Each person with whom I interact has some purpose in my life. They can be a permanent fixture or just a passing acquaintence but regardless, they have a purpose. That purpose brings happiness or joy in some aspect.
5.) Reading the scriptures! This actually surprises me...I know it shouldn't but it does. In the world of organized chaos in which I consider my life, there are few moments of solitude or peaceful serenity. It's these moments that I find I'm most at ease, I'm connected with that true moment of joy & happiness that will most likely be lost throughout the chaos of my day. Why don't I seek these moments more often...I become bored way too easily!
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