The Simple Things

Sipping a hot cup of coffee

Children squealing outside the window, a breeze lifting the curtains slightly

Clean sheets

Family and friends laughing until they cry

Sinking your feet into warm sand

Melting marshmallows in hot chocolate on that first snowy day

Inhaling honeysuckle and pale pink peonies

Cupping a glowing lightning bug in the palm of your hand

Listening to music on a cool summer’s eve

Exhaling, a day well lived.