the eugene bean

*30 minutes of quiet before the rest of the house gets up
*the lightest of pink polish on my newly grown nails
*strong coffee
*taking the perfect shot with my camera
*looking at caller ID and seeing the name of someone who brightens my day
*shopping for Stacy's birthday present
*swapping songs with Brad
*completing a layout that 'feels' right
*getting a pink you-have-a-package-slip in the mailbox
*Mardi Gras music
*a friend coming for dinner
*hearing J and E play outside
*loud music in the car
*leafing through my scrapbook paper
*JMC on Saturday, comforting a child that needs my touch
*wiping tears of E's face
*watching J work on the 400 page novel he's been reading
*tossing a salad in the kitchen with Ty
*watching E set the table
*getting emails from people I haven't talked to recently
*my blue dishes with the brown rim
*Mom's spaghetti
*sitting in front of the open window after exercising
*knowing that a friend hears what is in my heart and listens
*good advice
*fleur de lis decorations
*a fast computer

I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with.
~Plato