Happy

Today has been a day of reflection for me. Maybe because I just got back from spending a few days at home with family. I was able to re-connect with an old friend, spend time with my parents, my grandparents, nieces and nephews, brothers and sister-in-law. I guess my reflection has been about finding happiness, finding peace, and being grateful. I am grateful. I am finding things to be happy about. I am working on the peace thing. I am healing. I am taking life on. I am doing something.* (more on this later!)

There's a song that's been going through my head. It's by Natasha Bedingfield. It's called "Happy". There's a few lines that say this:

"Got my dreams, got my life, got my love. Got my friends, got the sunshine above. Why am I making this hard on myself, when I have so many beautiful reasons to be happy."

I do have so many beautiful reasons to be happy. Yes these are hard times. Not just in my own life personally, but in the world around me. Financially, economically, and socially. I know that I will be alright if I remember to be thankful and find happiness in my own everyday, crazy, chaotic life.

I am afterall, a mother, a wife, a friend, a daughter. I am blessed.