Happiness is…

• Cream cheese frosting
• When the radio is psychic
• Regina Spektor
• The internet
• Clean sheets
• Beautiful stationery
• Mexican food
• Golden retrievers
• My sister by blood and my sisters by soul
• Licorice
• The satisfaction of reading the last page in a really good book
• The smell of rain
• Fresh air
• Cheese
• Picnics
• Pretending to have a British accent
• Ian’s love notes, written on the shower glass when it’s all fogged up
• Earl grey tea
• When you catch a stranger smiling about something they’re thinking
• Apple cider
• Reading blogs
• Being at home
• Twilight (the time of day)
• When you can feel the warm sun on your skin
• Cooking with my Mum
• The smell of citrus
• Seeing Ian’s face light up when he sees me & knowing mine has done the same
• Snail mail
• Skim flat whites
• Laughing uncontrollably
• Burgers
• Cuddling under the doona
• Memories of my Grandmother
• Bright nail polish
• The feeling of sand between your toes on the beach
• Sushi
• Discovering a new recipe and cracking it first go
• Spending hours in a cafe, reading a good book
• Surprising Ian with cookies
• Dreaming up new decorating ideas for our first home
• Walking bare foot on soft grass
• Feeling smitten
• Ordering books online
• Organising my cupboards
• Old couples holding hands
• Charity
• The smell of fresh herbs
• Beer ads
• The feel of Ian’s feet on mine, under the covers
• Holding newborn babies
• Being able to cook or bake with no deadline
• Iced coffees
• Trees
• Floating on my back in the pool
• Red lipstick
• Sharing a meal with friends
• The crunching sound my computer’s recycled bin makes when it empties
• Illustrations
• Drew’s face when I read him Fox in Socks
• Getting a genuine & meaningful compliment
• Photos from Sheela
• Knowing all the words to a song I haven’t heard in years
• Finding the perfect gift
• Tiramisu
• Rainbows
• Collecting random, pretty things
• Being in love
• Learning something new
• Puppies
• Not having to set an alarm
• Inside jokes that never die
• Smelling like my soap + shampoo after a shower
• Hugs
• Runculus
• Slurpees
• Walking home in the dark
• Cobbled streets
• The quiteness of a library
• Crinkle cut potato chips
• The way my hair feels under water
• Watching Ian try to whistle
• Making lists
• Summer nights
• Eating cold pizza for breakfast
• Remedial massages
• Freshly vaccumed floors
• Women of substance.

It’s the little things. 

xx