Hallelujah Chorus Printthe story When we look back on a given year, its easy to identify the massive oak trees and tall pines that stand as signposts: the weddings and the funerals, the epic vacations, and the major accomplishments. But we often overlook the small blessings the birds within the trees, if you will. I have a simple practice that makes it easier to spot those so called birds. Once a day, I write down one happy moment from the day before. Thats it. One moment.

The turtle in this painting has emerged from its comfortable ocean surroundings and is wearing a mask that symbolizes two important concepts

Making s’mores demands that you make time for s’mores

How many more bedtime stories will you read to your children

It might also be a reminder to always be yourself

inspired by the song "Ghosts That We Knew" by Mumford & Sons

don’t actually exist

But it can be seen many scores of nights in any year

the canopy of white wrapped me up warm like a blanket fresh out of the dryer

Walt Disney

But the deep-down person we were when we were kids is much closer to the real us than the version the world usually sees

Kennedy declared that America would send a man to the Moon by the end of the decade

Said no one ever