Sunshine

January 30, 2022

Sunshine. As I look out of the windows of our new home this Sunday morning, I am feeling psyched and in the zone of contentment and happiness. Of course, there are still boxes to get out of the POD that brought my stuff from Florida. I have a lot of things put away now, but perhaps I will need to give a lot of the stuff to Goodwill because there just isn’t enough room for everything. I will have to go through boxes to pick and choose what I want to save, and what I can give away. The more I give away, the more I am able to give. When I moved back to New Jersey from Florida, I had to pick and choose. I gave many things to the thrift shop, and so many books to the library. I even had a large picture of Mark Twain that now lives in the children’s section of the Mark Twain Library. Then I had a humongous garage sale. It was the best garage sale ever because there were a lot of things that were all well staged, and everything was FREE. On that day everyone went home with the money they came with, and everyone had big smiles on their faces as they walked away. While at the garage sale everyone was talking and laughing. Usually at garage sales strangers would be silent as they thought about how they could dicker down the prices but not at my sale. Everything was free. Some of my treasures I kept, but a lot of stuff is now other people’s treasures. Now that I live in New Jersey some things are different. For instance, we had a huge snowstorm yesterday. There must have been 10-12 inches or more. Wow. I was just looking out the window this morning into the backyard as the sun is coming up. I am seeing the white snow not yet touched by humans or animals. Pure and pristine…so beautiful. In my childhood, my neighbor used to say, “Snow is the poor man’s fertilizer.” Snow slowly waters the earth as winter melts into spring, waking up the roots of plant life after being in hibernation for the long winter. Over my right shoulder, looking East the sky is blue, blue blue . White snow always makes the sky so much bluer. I am so in the zone of happiness. Wow to be alive. Wow. Thank you again. Thank you again God for making me possible. This is a most wonderful world to live in, and I say wow. What a gift. So much magic in the moments we are alive, and I say wow…over and over again. Let us all show God our appreciation and gratitude by smiling today. You are loved and you are blessed. Be happy. Goodbye.

Granny-o