Reasons To Smile---Truly Grateful Series
These are just a few of the reasons I've had to smile lately. If you look around today, perhaps you will find some reasons to smile too.
A Coworker With a Sense of Humor
There is a young man who visits the library where I work who always wears his pants sagging down and droopy so that the top of his underwear shows. I'm sure you've seen someone like this.
This habit drives me crazy. I have never understood this fad. My coworker knows how I feel about this fashion "statement," and she feels the same way. She decided to have a bit of fun with me.
She could see our saggy pants patron coming to the desk for me to wait on him. She was in our supervisor's office and was visible to me, but she was not visible to Mr. Droopy Drawers. She immediately pulled her pants down so that they were drooping just like the patron's. She then swung her backside around in a little swagger dance to make sure that I could see her.
Of course, I laughed. I had no choice. I laughed as I checked out his items without giving him an explanation and continued to giggle as I told him to have a nice day when I handed him his books.
The patron just said, "Thanks, you too," and looked at me as if I had gone around the bend.
A little girl came into the library with her father. She was a very cute, little curly-headed blond gal and looked to be between three and four years old. This was apparently her first visit to the library. She was bubbling over with excitement and quickly ran back and forth and up and down the aisles while her Dad returned some items to the desk. She appeared back at her Dad's side with this comment, "Daddy, did you see all the books?!! This place is AMAZING!"
Amazing indeed---too bad the Governor wasn't there to hear her and see her face. It might have been enough for him to think again about his proposed budget cuts.
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Bless You!
I was sitting in the dining room of the nursing home with my Mom while she ate her lunch along with the other residents there. On the far side of the room, one of the residents sneezed very loudly. From the other side of the room, another resident called out just as loudly, "Bless you!"
For some reason, this little exchange amused Harold, one of the old gentlemen sitting at my mother's table. He began to laugh a quite infectious laugh. My Mom, seeing Harold's shoulders shake and hearing him laugh, began to giggle too, which turned into an uncontrollable giggle fit for her. Watching the two of them got me laughing as well. In an instant everyone at our table had joined in the chuckle fest.
It was just a few moments out of my day--moments of silliness over nothing, really, but they were great moments and were worth remembering.
So I arrived home and carried in the first couple of bags and set them down on the counter. As I went back outside to get more, I was met by two teenage boys (friends of my younger son). They were both grinning big and had their arms full of my bags of groceries and were heading into the house with them. They had been riding by on their bicycles on our street and saw me coming into the house with the first two bags. They stopped to help. They told me they'd take care of it for me. So I held the door while they lugged everything in for me. I thanked them, of course, and when they finished, I asked them if they'd like a pop or a bowl of ice cream or something because it was so hot outside.
They just smiled and one of them said, "No thanks, we're good." Then just as quickly as they had appeared, they were off on their bikes and gone again.
Good---yes. They were good. And they made me smile.
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A Coworker With a Sense of Humor
There is a young man who visits the library where I work who always wears his pants sagging down and droopy so that the top of his underwear shows. I'm sure you've seen someone like this.
This habit drives me crazy. I have never understood this fad. My coworker knows how I feel about this fashion "statement," and she feels the same way. She decided to have a bit of fun with me.She could see our saggy pants patron coming to the desk for me to wait on him. She was in our supervisor's office and was visible to me, but she was not visible to Mr. Droopy Drawers. She immediately pulled her pants down so that they were drooping just like the patron's. She then swung her backside around in a little swagger dance to make sure that I could see her.
Of course, I laughed. I had no choice. I laughed as I checked out his items without giving him an explanation and continued to giggle as I told him to have a nice day when I handed him his books.
The patron just said, "Thanks, you too," and looked at me as if I had gone around the bend.
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DucksBaby ducks swimming with their mother would make anyone smile.
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This Place Is Amazing!A little girl came into the library with her father. She was a very cute, little curly-headed blond gal and looked to be between three and four years old. This was apparently her first visit to the library. She was bubbling over with excitement and quickly ran back and forth and up and down the aisles while her Dad returned some items to the desk. She appeared back at her Dad's side with this comment, "Daddy, did you see all the books?!! This place is AMAZING!"
Amazing indeed---too bad the Governor wasn't there to hear her and see her face. It might have been enough for him to think again about his proposed budget cuts.
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Flowers
The flowerbeds in the park were exploding with colors.
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Sons
My sons washed the dishes and cleaned the garage without being asked.
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Bless You!
I was sitting in the dining room of the nursing home with my Mom while she ate her lunch along with the other residents there. On the far side of the room, one of the residents sneezed very loudly. From the other side of the room, another resident called out just as loudly, "Bless you!"
For some reason, this little exchange amused Harold, one of the old gentlemen sitting at my mother's table. He began to laugh a quite infectious laugh. My Mom, seeing Harold's shoulders shake and hearing him laugh, began to giggle too, which turned into an uncontrollable giggle fit for her. Watching the two of them got me laughing as well. In an instant everyone at our table had joined in the chuckle fest.
It was just a few moments out of my day--moments of silliness over nothing, really, but they were great moments and were worth remembering.
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Sunset
I saw this sunset over the trees in the park and could hear James Taylor singing in my head.
"There ain't no doubt in no one's mind
That loves the finest thing around.
Whisper something soft and kind.
And hey babe, the sky's on fire,
I'm dying, aint' I?
I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind."
"There ain't no doubt in no one's mind
That loves the finest thing around.
Whisper something soft and kind.
And hey babe, the sky's on fire,
I'm dying, aint' I?
I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind."
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I went to the grocery store and bought about two weeks worth of groceries. A trip like that pretty much fills up my little Geo Metro that I drive. It had been a long day, and I was tired. I knew my husband and sons weren't at home, and I wasn't looking forward to having to carry all the groceries that I had just bought into the house. I had no choice, of course, because there were items that needed to be put away into the refrigerator or freezer, and I couldn't just leave them sitting in the car in the July heat.Good Kids
So I arrived home and carried in the first couple of bags and set them down on the counter. As I went back outside to get more, I was met by two teenage boys (friends of my younger son). They were both grinning big and had their arms full of my bags of groceries and were heading into the house with them. They had been riding by on their bicycles on our street and saw me coming into the house with the first two bags. They stopped to help. They told me they'd take care of it for me. So I held the door while they lugged everything in for me. I thanked them, of course, and when they finished, I asked them if they'd like a pop or a bowl of ice cream or something because it was so hot outside.
They just smiled and one of them said, "No thanks, we're good." Then just as quickly as they had appeared, they were off on their bikes and gone again.
Good---yes. They were good. And they made me smile.
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A View of the MoonI love seeing the view of the moon from my front porch.
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Lord, for giving me so many reasons to smile, please let me be truly grateful.
Lord, for giving me so many reasons to smile, please let me be truly grateful.
