herbiehancock

 Happiness Early morning quiet, a lemony-tangerine  sunrise surprise, orange pekoe  steeping in a cup, you watching me,  with soft brown eyes. You nuzzling my neck. (if only in my mind) Your words that make me laugh, your words that are kind  lift me up like a curtain   in a warm spring breeze. I know that you care. Your presence is there. Feelings I have for you  make me weak   in the knees.    *   *   *   *   * The poem above is my response to a tag from my good friend, Michelle, who writes the blog, Crow's Feet . She tagged me with the Happy 101 meme.  For this meme, I was supposed to list ten things that make me happy.  Instead of a list, I decided to put my thoughts into a poem. If you'd like to write about the things that make you happy and continue this meme, please consider yourself tagged by me and take the logo above back with you to post on your blog.

My older son pole vaulted for his college team at a track meet in Columbus, Ohio yesterday. Things went well for him. The girls' team won, the boys' team won, and he vaulted at 12 feet. As a result, he ended up placing 8th in the meet. This meant that he earned a varsity letter in his sport because of how well he did. A varsity letter as a freshman in college is a big deal. He was thrilled. His words to me, "It was awesome, Mom!" In two weeks, there is also the possibility that he will be traveling to Atlanta, Georgia for a meet there. He is looking forward to that possibility very much. I am thrilled for him, of course. His happiness is giving me a smile this Sunday. I was working at the library yesterday and wasn't at the meet, so I have no photos of it, but here are some photos of him vaulting from last year when he was on his high school team. To visit others who have found something to smile about on Sunday, or if you'd like to join in with your own...