Simple Pleasures From This Morning

The kitchen window with the blinds open just so... looking out and seeing the beautiful trees, squirrels, leaves falling
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Instructions on where to put what on her lunch plate from a girl happy to be getting lasagna
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Watching them play
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Insane giggling and laughter because "Mommy, Little Bear is on my TV!"
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That warm, limp body, head snuggled under my chin,
deep breaths of a baby who only wants to sleep if mommy is holding her because she doesn't feel good
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Seeing the "warm glow" of my fake fire
and the stockings
hung by the chimney with care
Ah Christmas!
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A happy, smiley elfish face...
patting me on the back in excitement because she's anticipating watching Einstein
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"Nigh night Mommy" said in a small, sweet, tired voice
that lets me know she feels safe and loved
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That moment to myself where all I hear is the heat circulating
and I can play on the internet
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The sense of accomplishment when the scale still says I've lost two pounds
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Happiness when it isn't difficult to NOT have that extra serving
and
Realizing somewhere I gained discipline
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Finding a new blog to read
Yay for blog surfers!
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Cycling through older pictures
of my girls
and remembering
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Hearing my husbands voice
calling just to say "Hi"
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Amusement at myself for being a sentimentalist