Reflection on 100 Days of Happiness

Today marks the 100th day of me finding one thing each day that makes me happy.  I absolutely loved doing this.  Some days between cleaning up messes, changing diapers, running a business and attempting some fun activities it can become overwhelming.  Doing this forced me to take a step back and see just how much I have sitting right in front of me that, on most days, I don't even notice.

Ironically, today is June 30th.  My 100th day of happiness falls on a date that 3 years ago we found out about Mia's heart defect.  That day, I remember feeling as though there was nothing in the world that could make me happy.  Today, 3 years later, I see that I have cataloged 100 happy things and there are so many more that I didn't take a picture of.  3 years ago, I wasn't sure if my baby girl was going to survive.  Today she is thriving and my family is living an amazing life full of happiness.

There are small things all around us that make us happy.  We just have to open our eyes to see them.  I'm so glad I did for 100 days and will continue to do so moving forward.

100

Growth

99

Having an amazing time painting with my best bud

98

My little builders

97

The smell of rain

96

Reading the morning paper

95

From yesterday, adding new words to our sight word caterpillar 

94

Having a comfy spot to sit in & read

93

From yesterday, glancing up & seeing my daughter's artwork while I'm working

92

Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies

91

Gorgeous flowers from my own front yard

90

Making festive decorations

89

My 5 year old spelling Crocodile almost perfectly all on her own

88

Being silly together

87

Playing chess with the hubby

86

Lacrosse with a view

85

Having girl time painting our nails

84

Having fun & cool places to play near by

83

My daily walk time

82

Sweet smelling new Chapstick (some days it really is the little things)

81

Izzy's crazy photography skills

80

Clear blue Colorado skies

79

Fun on Pearl Street

78

A pleasant view from our hotel room for our anniversary weekend away

77

Pretending to be a frog at story time

76

MY family

75

Fun experiments

74

Outdoor concerts

73

From yesterday, our abundant strawberry harvest

72

A trickling waterfall

71

Playing with friends

70

A morning visitor

69

Our own "laser tag" on the deck

68

Everlasting flowers

67

Playing with rainbow bubbles

66

Taking a relaxing walk

65

Getting special messages about our Disney trip

64

My daughter graduating preschool

63

Using teamwork to conquer a mighty task

62

Cuddling during a thunderstorm

61

Going on a nature scavenger hunt

60

Warm & sunny weather

59

Reading on my new Kindle

58

Playing 

57

Learning about safety

56

Funny dog faces

55

Picking out happy flowers for the front porch with my hubby 

54

My 2 year old helping set the table

53

Living in such a beautiful place (with such crazy weather, yes that's snow in mid-May!)

52

Mothers Day flowers