I just picked my first garden tomato of the season and ate it with some cottage cheese. I love to eat tomatoes on my scrambled eggs, cheese toast, tacos, sandwiches, cottage cheese, salads and pizza. I plan on basically eating tomatoes every day from now until October. And I am excited to can spaghetti sauce for my 3rd year in a row. In short, happiness is garden tomatoes.
15 years ago I never would have thought a simple tomato would be happiness. I am pretty sure I thought happiness had to do with lots of money, good looks, amazing talent, or a hot guy. But now I know, happiness is about much smaller things.
To me, at this time of my life, Happiness Is…
Knowing what’s for dinner before 5:00pm
Chad/Dad walking through the front door
Nap time
Having fresh vegetables in the crisper
9:00pm
Leaving for vacation with the house clean, the floors vacuumed, and trash emptied
Snuggles and kisses and hugs
Reading together
A hot bath
The perfect paint color
Working with my hubby in the yard
A good TV show
The last load of laundry
It is interesting to me how (besides family and friends) happiness changes over the years as our place in life changes. And happiness is different for everyone.
What Is your Happiness?
![I spoke in church today and said the Atonement of Jesus Christ is the greatest act of Charity. I read Moroni 7:45-47 to make my point. But wherever there was the word ‘Charity’ I substituted it out for ‘the Atonement of Jesus Christ.’ See if these scripture verses now have new meaning for you:
“And the Atonement of Jesus Christ suffererth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth in the truth,
[The Atonement of Jesus Christ] beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not the Atonement of Jesus Christ, ye are nothing, for the Atonement of Jesus Christ never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto the Atonement of Jesus Christ, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail-
But the Atonement of Jesus Christ is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.”
So Easter really reminds us of love. The first and greatest commandment.](https://www.raisinglemons.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
I was thinking about this last night as I was bouncing from soccer game to baseball practice to another soccer game and on to a gymnastics meeting…happiness for me yesterday was sitting at the ball park on a nice night and watching my kids succeed and smile.
I actually just picked my first tomato two days ago and thought of you. Because you taught me to eat tomatoes on cheese toast, and today I am planning on doing just that. And that tomato also made me happy.
A lunch with girlfriends, going to get Lily out of her crib after a nap, a smiling baby, and over-thinking a banner with my sister-in-laws.
Fridays @ 4pm, a clean house, any vegetable from the garden, eating food that someone else made 🙂
Happiness is a perfect paint color, and an over-thought banner with sister-in-laws, and sister-in-laws who love you enough to be in a family photo when they are 8&9 months pregnant. Oh and the smell of fresh laundry.
happiness for me is to sit with a good book. or to have a good laugh with friends. but i think we all need to think back on our life i find out what truly will make us happy not only in the moment but for years to come.
Happiness to me is…kids laughter, a clean bathed baby in jammies, good book, kiss from hubby, clean house, organized closets, a cup of hot chocolate, family pizza/movie night and warm morning hugs.
hearing my children laughing and playing together.