Wednesday Smiles

[only_more_love]

My smiles:

1.  The beautiful people who helped me feel less morose yesterday.  *hugs them all*  Thank you.
2.  I made breakfast for dinner last night -- blueberry pancakes.  They were damn good. :)
3.  I feel like baking, so tonight I'm going to make whole wheat pumpkin bread or blueberry muffins.
4.  Every day is a new day.  Kinda neat, no?

I mostly post fannish things in this journal, but I think it's easy to forget that there is a real person behind the fic and the Bones commentary.  Same goes for other people, of course.   So I'd like to take a minute to acknowledge our humanity.

If you'd like to do so, please tell me something that made you smile this week, no matter how small.  Could be the snuggle your dog gave you on Monday, the song you discovered on Tuesday, or the way your significant other smiled at you today.  I've been posting these since December.  If you feel up to it, please respond—here, in your own journal, or elsewhere.   Feel free to post more than one thing and/or respond to other comments.

Why am I doing this?  Because I think it is far too easy to get caught up in the stresses, big and small, that we all experience.   Being able to focus on one positive thing, however small, can give one a valuable sense of perspective.

Why Wednesday?  I figure a little mid-week cheer can't hurt.  :)

Please feel free to comment even if we're not "friends." 

P.S. 
I don't always get a chance to respond to all your smiles, but I read every single one.  They all leave me feeling a little bit lighter than I did before.  So thank you!  I hope you're all having a good week, my friends, and if you're not, I hope it improves.

Comments

[tempertemper77.livejournal.com]

1. You feeling a little better - yay! :)
2. My jobshare partner being a lovely woman who really shares the workload with me and is fab :)
3. Meeting up with bertie456 ... we've set a date, LOL! She's coming to visit me 27th of Sept, yay! :)
4. This song: Smilin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMuJDGvNRo8) :)

[pinktealeaves.livejournal.com]

3. Meeting up with bertie456 ... we've set a date, LOL! She's coming to visit me 27th of Sept, yay! :)

So cool!! I might meet geezbones in a few weeks too. She promised to call when she's in town.

LJ-cest!!

[tempertemper77.livejournal.com]

Yay!! LJ-cest LOL!

I am so excited, we are going to hang out in Cardiff a bit then head back to mine and watch Bones and veg out ;)

[bertie456.livejournal.com]

:D *happy cackle*

[tempertemper77.livejournal.com]

OMG I am so teenaged-crazy-fool excited about this ;)

[bertie456.livejournal.com]

Ha, I am an actual teenage-crazy-fool and therefore can act like one. You, however, are married with children and should be sensible and adult. *attempts disapproving stare but is smiling too much* :)

We should really stop talking about this here... Sorry for the spammage, Lerdo, but glad you're feeling better than yesterday. *hugs*

[lerdo.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's not spam. This is supposed to be a post where people talk about stuff that makes them happy. So you're totally on-topic! Chat away. :) I'm excited for you both and jealous, too. Hope you have a fab time.

And thank you; like most things in life, trouble is generally temporary. Too many things to be grateful for! *hugs you back*

[ggjunkie33.livejournal.com]

*crash*

Absolutely love your icon! I think that's how we all feel about it!

btw-Yay on you and bertie getting to meet up soon! I'm jealous/happy for both of you! :)

[lerdo.livejournal.com]

*glomps you* Thanks, hon! There's too much to be grateful for to spend a lot of time being morose. If there's one thing I've learned about relationships of all kinds, it's just that most things work out in ways we can live with, even if we struggle sometimes. So here's to being slow and steady and enduring whatever life gives us. :)

So glad you have many things to smile about this week; that makes me happy. I'm jealous of you and Bertie, but I do so hope you have a wonderful visit.