Infinite joy.
There are small things that make you smile.
Singing in the shower and realizing you've put on a concert for your roommates in the early A.M. hours.
Walking outside and smelling glorious fresh rain first thing in the morning.
Dry cleaner ladies who are intrinsically endearing and cheerful.
Sundresses billowing in the wind so that you have multiple Marilyn Monroe moments.
Medium brown hair turning light brown from just the touch of the sun.
Childhood memories of campfires and the arts and crafts cabin when you smell burning leaves or lilac blooms.
Finding unknown bursts of nature in your very own city, secret gardens and hidden trails, yellow daffodils and lakeside wonders.
Ice cream on a hot but not too hot day.
Flasks and pillows and grown up furniture proving that you are still a child trying to be an adult still trying to be a child...
Free samples of tea of from the Argo lady in the loop when you have no water with which to quench your thirst.
Developing missing rolls of film from years ago and delighting in sweet and mysterious pictures from your past.
Realizing family members are 99 about to turn 100...
Taking moments to find the small things.
And then smiling at these small moments.
That is our life.
And it is joyful.
