Find your Sock Monkey

We all need something or someone to make us happy.
Sparkle here has found his joy in Bob the sock monkey.
What makes you happy, content, joyful, calm, excited?
Today go out and find it or appreciate it if you already have it.
Find your sock monkey!



Joy is a flower that blooms when you do. ~Author Unknown

Beauty is an ecstasy

Beauty is an ecstasy; 

it is as simple as hunger. 

There is really nothing to be said about it. 

It is like the perfume of a rose: 

you can smell it and that is all.   

~W. Somerset Maugham

Veterans Day

Regardless of how you feel about war or the military in general,
Thanks deserve to be given to those who do a job I know I could never do.
Thanks to the people who work harder than most and are willing to sacrifice the most precious of things.
Thank you for being brave.
Thank you for trying.
Thank you for being you.
Today my Happy Hippie Heart thanks Dave.
Thank You!

Beauty

Thank You world for giving me this beautiful girl!

GIVE A DAMN!

I try very hard each day to live by this statement.
It may seem easy but it isn't.
When you give a damn sometimes you see too much.
And that my friends is the point.

One of the best moms that I know

I have taken my life into my own hands with this post.  There's a reason that you don't see pictures of B very often.  She doesn't take them and can erase a picture faster than you've ever seen.

Becca is a doer and a giver.  She will do and give until she has nothing left.  Then she'll find a reserve of her love and keep going.  Becca has an endless well of love for her kids, her husband, her family, and her friends.  She isn't just a mother to her three kids.  She's a mother to everyone she knows. 

Take a few minutes today to thank your mom.  You'll be glad you did.  If your mom is no longer with us, then take a few minutes to think about her and how much you love her. 

Have a wonderful Monday and a fantastic week everyone!
~S

Seasons

I grew up without seasons so there is a part of me that is still so awed by them. This tree lives down the road from me and I can't help but love it. Someone at some point took the time to graft two trees together for the beauty of it, and oh is it beautiful. The first photo was taken April 22 2010 and the second was taken November 4 2010. My Happy Hippie Heart loves the raw power of what nature can do. So take some time today to notice, look, and love your surroundings.