Today's prompt: Dr. Joyce Brothers said, "When you look at your life,
the greatest happinesses are family happinesses." True or False?
Totally going with 'true' on this one!
I have hundreds of happinesses that are family happinesses.
Memories of things from my childhood, like driving the riding lawn mower all over my grandparents' yard; seeing my mother and daddy in the audience for performances, whether at church or school; hanging out under a sleeping bag, watching TV in our den with my daddy; watching my mother bake and decorate wedding cakes and having her 'practice' on my finger so I could eat the frosting.
Memories of things from my early adulthood, like my parents helping me move into my various dorm rooms; being there when both of my nephews were born; taking my oldest nephew to the mall to ride the carousel; my sister's wedding (OK, so that's a bit out of order with the whole 'nephews being born' thing, but whatever, we're totally going with what pops into my head!); Christmases at my parents' house.
Memories of things from when Bean was little, like the silly little scrunchy face she would make; her falling asleep holding the crackers she insisted she needed as a snack in the car after running around the mall in her first pair of 'real' shoes after she started walking; the way she would ask to 'sit next side' me on the couch.
Memories of things from when Bug was little (OK, so she's only 3 1/2, but whatever!), like the way she would light up when Bean would come home from preschool; the way she just couldn't, and still can't, hold still when she hears music; the way she never really 'crawled' in the conventional way, but had this crazy 'knee walk' that enabled her to keep a hold of whatever she had in her hands.
Memories of current events, like the way our family loves to cuddle together on the couch and watch a movie on the weekend; going out for breakfast; times when the girls actually play together instead of finding ways to annoy each other.
So, yeah, I totally agree that family happinesses are my greatest happinesses. Now I just need to focus on make more 'happinesses' and maybe some of the 'not so happinesses' will become fewer and farther between!
Totally unrelated to your post, but we just watched bean's u can do it video again -- because the kids kept telling me to "click on it!" and loved all the bean footage -- really fun! Hope others have been inspired, too. I know we watched it before, but loved it the second time around.
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