Filled With Joy

If you look closely, you can see snow on the mountains. The snow, itself, doesn’t bring me joy, but the beauty of how it looks does bring me joy. It is amazing! Now it can go away.

Trent found these glasses today as he cleaned out his closet. It brought back all kinds of fun memories of the time we stopped at the party store and bought glasses for everyone in the family. Then we wore them for hours on our drive to the Uintah Mountains for a reunion. Adri put them on and we chatted about all the fun we had together with family. We have had opportunities to enjoy many trips with family. Those memories bring all of us joy.

A dear friend sent me a text to remind me to cover my garden. She knows I would forget. The tomatoes are still baking and not ready. The green beans are still producing. Blanket for warmth and tarp for dryness. They will survive tonight’s freeze because of friendship. Joy to having friends that know me well.

Friday night lights. I went to watch Quincy play tonight. It certainly felt like fall as the temperature quickly dropped when the sun dipped below the horizon. That was when the lights began to shine and the real feel of football was felt. It brought back many memories over many years. Good times. Great joy.

This week we ordered a Bountiful Basket. It is fresh veggies and fruits purchased through a coop of purchasers. We used to get it every week. For some reason, that we can’t remember, we stopped. When we unloaded our box tonight we were grateful we had purchased another. It looks so pretty and delicious. There is joy in all that produce!

Today I made dinner with yellow, green, and red peppers from my garden. I also used onion from the garden. The recipe called for salsa which I had made from produce in the garden. It was so much fun to pick, chop, smell, and eat all that garden goodness. Sometimes I find joy in that often forgotten plot of land in the back of the yard. Today is one of those times.

There is no school joy like the joy you feel when the lightbulb goes off in a student's head when they have been working hard. That is a great feeling. Today I gave a couple quizzes in math and hoped that I would see some improvement and understanding. I did! They are gettin' it. Sure, there are a few that we will keep working with, but the majority have had the lightbulb shine bright. I 💓 it!