Joy in January - - Happiness Is...

First and foremost, this is not an original idea... I have stolen er... copied er... borrowed it from my friend, Hannah, who did "Joy in January" on her blog last year and is doing it again this year. As January can be a bit hum-drum compared to the happy music, beautiful lights, delicious baked items :-) and general good cheer of December, the idea was conceived to help lighten (and get through) the hum-drum. The concept is simple... celebrate the joys that are found in each day. And, let's face it... Who can't use some extra joy during this month? Or anytime, for that matter?!

I am going to put a slight twist on it, inspired by a little book penned and sketched by Charles M. Schulz, Happiness Is A Sad Song. This is a book that my brother, Brian, had as a kid. He's five and a half years older, so when he outgrew it, it made it's way to my collection, and like many of my childhood books, I still have it (thanks to our mom!). Since he now has a son, I will pass it along to him along with some others that are on our shelves.

Anyway, just like "Joy in January," the idea of the book is simple - - find and celebrate the little things that make us happy. Granted, the title (and statement), Happiness Is A Sad Song, was lost on me until I was much older, but the rest of the book was easy to appreciate, even at an early age.

Each day (I hope...), I will share what defined our happiness for that day and perhaps something from the book as well.

Schulz:



Swann:

Happiness is breakfast for breakfast and breakfast for dinner!
This morning, for breakfast, we had fluffy Belgian waffles made on our fabulous new waffle iron. For dinner, I made a breakfast casserole. Yummmmmmy!


Happiness is an ice cream cone.

Happiness is getting to "eat" the remnants of your brother's yogurt (and have a few licks of ice cream!).

Hmmm... we had many other sources of happiness today... what does it say that I picked all "food" sources?
Perhaps I should have used this from Schulz' book instead, "Happiness is a side dish of French-fries!!"