Things that bring me joy

• Witnessing the best friendship continue between our two youngest chitlins
  
• Watching my oldest son be such a good, gentlemanly boyfriend
• Listening to my hunnie turn potential crises into positive interactions between people
• A brilliant cup of coffee in my silent house at 10 a.m.
• Being welcomed home by the waggle and smile of my adoring dog Minuit
• Having my cat come and snooze on my lap while I work at the computer
  
• Chocolate
• Being taken back to a cocoa farm in the Dominican Republic by a single bite of papaya
• Watching my babies morph into young men and woman (okay that one kinda freaks me a tad...)
  
• The absence of pain (thank you, Dr. Dean, chiropractor extraordinaire!)