Monday Mirror and Where does your joy come from?

Rain certainly doesn't help in my feeling joyful. I don't mind it really, but there's something about sun in the morning that seems to bring joy. So, on a rainy wintry Monday, a visit from our friends was a great mood lifter. My good friend and her daughter who is the same age as mine dropped in for a couple of hours and it was lovely to catch up. We have similar backgrounds and our main life choices are similar too, so we have a lot to talk about. It's really encouraging to have a friend who supports you no matter what choices you make and offers gentle words of conviction to open your mind to other ways of doing certain things. Whenever we catch up (not often, unfortunately) I always feel uplifted and I hope she feels the same. It actually gave us both joy to see our beautiful girls talking (with real understandable sentences) and playing so well together. I know they are a big part of our lives and I hope we are of theirs too.

So, where does your joy come from?

The photo for today is "mirror" and I love looking into our only mirror, which is in the bathroom, at night. If you look in it at the right angle, the reflection shows the lights from the road through the big oak tree which gives a gorgeous silhouette. It's really pretty...problem is, it's hard to get a good photo of it. I tried though and here it is.

I'm hoping to get more craft done tonight, so if it works out I might be able to show you tomorrow, but things don't always go to plan around here.

So I'd better go while both kids are asleep. Goodnight!