I’d like to start off by asking, “What makes YOU smile?” Is it nice weather, or a day off from work, or maybe something as simple as your favorite song playing on the radio? Well, that’s the question that I also want to ask of myself today!
What makes me smile?
So here goes…here are thirty things that make me smile.
- A well-crafted iced latte
- An intriguing book
- Capturing a good photograph
- Traveling to someplace new
- Looking into my Hubby’s baby blue eyes
- When my Mom and I call each other on the phone at exactly the same time
- When we have our good friends over for dinner on Monday nights
- Getting something for cheap, or free!
- A good conversation
- Get-togethers with my in-laws (there’s always great food and good laughs)
- A tasty meal – especially if I didn’t have to cook it 😉
- When our pets do something cute
- When someone comments on one of my blog posts
- Being able to help someone
- When my Hubby does a chore without my asking
- Knowing I have a God who loves me unconditionally
- Writing!
- Having a “good hair day”
- A soothing cup of tea (add a delicious scone, and it’s even better)
- Sliding under the toasty warm covers at bedtime
- Meeting someone who struggles with similar issues as I do (it helps me feel like I’m not alone)
- When my Hubby and I go over my brother’s apartment for “Movie time”
- Finding a good parking spot
- Listening to rain pounding on the roof as I fall asleep…thunder is good, too
- Going down to my parents’ house for the day
- Catching up with a close friend
- The smell in our house when I’ve had a crock-pot meal cooking all day
- A good hug
- The revitalized way I feel after I take a walk and get fresh air
- Knowing that I have a purpose and that I have a wonderful adventure ahead of me.
Well, I hope you’ve enjoyed my list! And let me ask you again…what makes YOU smile? Do any of the things that I’ve mentioned make you smile, also?
*I got the idea for this writing prompt from Margarita Tartakovsky at Psych Central.
*Featured Photo Credit: Eli Defaria
Knees to the Earth 
I’m commenting to make you smile as it makes me smile too! A view of the sea or the mountains and good news always make me smile. When my kids run towards me (especially now they are bigger) makes me smile the most.
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Thank you for sharing, Liberty! It definitely made me smile. 🙂 And I can agree with a view of the mountains being something that elicits a smile…I don’t live near mountains now, but I did at one time, and they are just so majestic!
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When my kids and grand kids are happy it makes me smile.
When Hal comes over and gives me a hug and kiss just because.
Spring flowers starting to push up through the ground.
The smell of a newborn baby.
So many more!
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Love these! I also enjoy seeing spring flowers push up through the earth…it’s kind of like a new beginning.
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