For the Love of God...

...and the sanity of my friends who have been sooooo loyal and loving while listening to me gripe and whine... This blog is dedicated to the things that I love and appreciate and the things that make me happy today at this particular moment:

1. My friends who can and will listen, will hug and will love, and will tell me when enough is enough


2. Live music in small venues


3. Anything mosaic


4. Candle lit dinner with the family


5. Pesto


6. Little white lights


7. Old photographs


8. Thunder and Lightning


9. Wake boarding


10. Love notes, cards, emails, texts, post-its, you get the idea... words are powerful


11. Mulberry candles


12. Flip flops


13. James' sweatshirts


14. My thesaurus


15. Mascara


16. Men in uniform


17. The Rodeo


18. Those trinagle thingies they use to call the family in to dinner on a farm


19. Long drives with no destination and really good music, bring on the tears!


20. Apple-mango laundry detergent


21. My Xanax


22. My mickey mouse jammies, lovingly referred to as 'my mickies'


23. Chocolate milk


24. Riding horses


25. True love stories


26. Lame jokes that make me laugh but not necessarily anyone else


27. Oregon chai tea latte with whipped cream


28. Homemade banana bread


29. Late night talks with really good friends


30. And this little gem that I came across today:

"Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or pain. It means to be in the midst of these things and still be calm in your heart."