I am grateful for ... children's laughter

You know what I love? I love the sound of my children having a good deep down belly laugh! Nothing in this world can beat that sound. I can be in the worst of worst moods, or have the most horrid day and all my girls need to do is laugh ... it is infectious! You can't help but at least crack a smile at the sight and sound of a child's belly laugh.

Something happened this week that had me thinking about the relationship between a parent and a child, without question the single most important relationship in the universe. And no matter what is going on the sight of a child leaving can bring a mother to her knees, look at this picture of my girls .. carefree riding their scooters ...

... and while I know they are only going that far just the idea of them riding away has me wanting to chew my nails ... LoL ... I am grateful that coming back towards me is downhill so they come back faster than they go :-) and coming down the hill is normally met with shrills of smiles and laughter, a wonderful sound, oh so sweet music! I love the sound of my children's laughter, I am grateful for it everyday!

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You know what I have learnt, that often the world greets you the same way you greet them, so when I am feeling glum, and I smile, and the world smiles with me. When I cycle down the walkway and I feel like every passing inch is a mile up Everest I smile at the other walkway users, and they smile back and suddenly the distance shortens and the uphill levels, and before I know it my journey has ended ... a smile has magical powers ... I am grateful that even in my hardest moment something inside me can still bring a smile to my face :-)

Sshhh don't tell the kids I actually wrote on smarties with a black permanent marker, and then had to throw them away ... bet that would kill their laughter and I don't want that ...LoL

Now as you go about your day remember a smile is the start of a laugh ...and both are infectious, so go out and infect the world today!!