Count your blessings - June 2024

1. Sleeping around the clock after feeling drained & exhausted
2. Hours without rain
3. Birds still chirping next to our open roof window at work
4. Walking a few days more than 10000 steps again, which is a slow return to normal 
5. Eating chips
6. A lunch outside on a terrace with a friend
7. New garden projects in the east of Belgium and working as a family with the 4 of us side by side in the garden to prepare our plan
8. A sunny weekend
9. Walking with the 4 of us
10. Having a drink in a bar next to the lake for the first time
11. Getting my flute out of its box again and trying to practise a bit with the boys as curious spectators
12. Returning to the music academy after 30 years to play in an ad hoc flute ensemble to surprise my former flute teacher for her retirement.  Seeing some flute classmates from the past again.
13. A roaring 20ties dress up party in a beautiful historical environment
14. Dancing together with Jan
15. Taking Jan and the children to a family day at work
16. A hot week, giving hope that this summer might not entirely drown out in rain
17. Observing the boys in an hour long improvised football game between both of them
18. Having a patient and open discussion with the boys after they were fighting before bed-time and having the feeling that I managed that parenting well that day
19. End of schoolyear with the usual mixed emotions of goodbye, gratitude, reflection and the full opportunities that summer offers
20. Wearing a long colorful summer dress when finally the temperatures rose
21. Sleeping curled up under the duvet again after a few hot nights. 
22. Feeling more energetic and in control at work lately
23. Cleaning the windows together with Beertje
24. A lazy snoozing cat stretched out next to me
25. Reading more books again
26. Making plans to meet some friends this summer
27. Fast growing tomatoes

This is a monthly list of simple things in my life that make me happy or that make me smile.  

As the world often seems full of negativity and disaster, I want to pay attention to these small things that make me happy in my daily life and be grateful for them. You can find all of them via this link