Ten random things that make me happy

This was the topic of one of Renaissance Guy’s posts at his Significant Pursuit blog today, and he suggested it as a good list to make. Since I had nothing particular in mind to post I thought this was as good an idea as any.

Chocolate chip cookies warm from the oven, with a glass of cold milk

Figuring out a difficult word in a crossword puzzle without having to look at the answers

Walking outside into a warm sunny spring day

Seeing my autistic son accomplish something he hadn’t thought he could do

Settling down with a good book and knowing I can read it without feeling guilty about work I’m not getting done

Talking to God and having a sense that it’s a real conversation instead of leaving a message on a celestial answering machine

Getting on the scale and seeing I’ve lost another pound

Getting an email from my friend Ruth in Pennsylvania

Waking up and realizing I don’t have to get up yet and going back to sleep

Listening to the St. Louis Jesuits’ album “Earthen Vessels”