It's the Little Things...

...like, Michayla and her friend Skye walking around the Harbor like I used to do with my best friend when I was her age. Watching them laugh and laugh...and laugh at nothing, just like I used to do with my friends (and sometimes still do...)
It's the little things like, being near the ocean and breathing in the salty air.
It's having friends that are more like family...It's having friends that have a boat at the harbor, that are willing to be generous enough to let you use it whenever. By whenever I mean living on it while they are gone for vacation or if you just need a get away for a night.
It's the little things in life like having a partner that after 16 years of being together you are still curious about what they think about different situations, politics, and general life topics. Nobody has become a foregone conclusion.
I sit here typing on my friend Jackie and Rod's boat in the harbor. Large fish keep leaping out of the water, Pelicans fly by, I can hear the laughter of my daughter and her friend, the tide pushes us back and forth and all I can think of is, "I must be the most blessed person on the face of the earth."
~The ocean, the white foam it throws, the wet sand you step into that sinks as you pass, the sand crabs that make triangles in the sand as the tide recedes, the sea weed and kelp that tangles in heaps on the shore...these are a few of my favorite things...
~The smell of salt, the sound of Michayla's laugh, the surprise of a sea lion popping up out of nowhere...those are some of my favorite things!
~Ipods that can play french music, pop and rap music and new age music...that is really good too! ~Lights that glimmer off the water, and birds that squawk so loudly as they go by....
~The breeze, the stillness of the water that makes it look like glass...
~The bubbles in a champagne glass that help us celebrate...
~The familiarity of family without expectation or rules...
~Digital cameras and cell phones, and the ability to catch funny moments like no other time before...
~God's grace, Thank Him for always forgiving, for never keeping a record of wrong when we fall...
~Thank God he looks at our heart...can I hear an amen???
~I love all the different cultures, languages, and customs...may we be able to travel far and often.
But for now, I am grateful for the simple sound of a rope being stretched and pulled against a boat, for the comfort of my family being very near, and for the ability of living and playing in a place I love and cherish so much...These are a few of my favorite things!