Sunshine In My Soul

My husband considers me a low-maintenance wife. Honest! He says it's because it really doesn't take much to make me happy. He oftentimes tells me how he loves how my face beams like a little girl when I am excited about getting things I want even if those things in themselves are unspectacular to others. He says he loves the way I giggle with delight over the most unexpected sources of joy. And it's true. For some reason, I seem to have been blessed and gifted with the ability to find joys in the simple little things in life.

You see I am not really "Grumpy". That nickname is just a reference to that picture on my blog of me in angel costume when I was 3. But that's not really who I am or who I grew up to be. In fact, my family thinks the adult version of that little grumpy angel should be called "Bratty Angel". But a happy one. "Happy Bratty Angel", however, doesn't sound as good as "Little Grumpy Angel" for a blog title, does it? But I digress...

So back to ME and my simple joys. Well, Friday I had one and almost missed it. All my favorite blogs are on my blog dashboard, and Bloggers Annex as you notice on my sidebar is one of my favorite places to visit. That's where the bloggers who I think are the best writers in BlogLand "congregate". I wrote about this site awhile back here. Originally, I just wanted to read and enjoy the works of writers who I find are incredibly gifted. I became a regular '"commenter" on some of my favorite Bloggers Annex blogs, and some of the writers are kind and nice and visit my blog, too. It's probably oft times excruciating for them to read my mundane posts, but they are as kind and supportive as they are talented. A couple of weeks ago the Annex people called for more participation from members and I got brave enough to submit one of the little poems I've written. I thought it will probably never see the light of day, but what the hay. So Friday, a new post on Bloggers Annex rolled to the top of my Blogs-I-Follow list on my dashboard. It was titled, "Daydreams." I decided to just read it later because I like reading the Annex posts when I have time to enjoy them and not be rushed through the experience. I never got around to it Friday. Then Saturday morning I opened my personal e-mail and there were e-mails about my post on Bloggers Annex. I was confused. What post? Then bam! It hit me. "Daydreams" was the title of the poem I submitted. Holy crap! So I went to the Annex and there it was. My poem! Posted on Friday. I was like, "It was good enough?????? It was good enough!!!!!" Sorry for all the punctuations, but oh, my word! I'm legit! I'm a REAL Bloggers Annex member. I know, I know, it's not the lottery or the Pulitzer prize...but it was an unexpected honor. It was sunshine in my soul today. An insignificant accomplishment to others but a really big deal to me. Simple joys.

So if you saw me today (Saturday) you probably noticed the cheesy little smile I had all day. My husband surely noticed. He said, "You seem really pleased about it, huh?" I smiled and he smiled and hugged me. Then he said, "If you don't mind I invited my friend and his wife over to our house for dinner. They'll be here in less than 2 hours." What the ---- well, even that didn't wipe the smile off my face. Almost. But not quite. I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off tidying up the house and ordering take out for dinner (no time to cook!) still with a smile on my face. After doing that to me, my husband was very lucky Bloggers Annex made my day. I maybe a low maintenance wife, but there are things a husband should not do. So to the anonymous folks behind Bloggers Annex, my husband thanks you. And I do, too.

So family, friends, blog pals, and even lurkers if you don't mind giving me a little more sunshine, please click the button below to go see my poem, and if you like leave me a comment over there, too, so they won't think I'm a big fat loser and not publish me the next time I'm once again brave enough to submit another post :-) And thanks for doing that!