Choosing joy

If you expect to find joy in everyday life, you will. In the sunshine, in the errands, in ferrying kids from here to there, in forgiveness offered and forgiveness given, in your relationships, in your health, in your friends, as summer fades and you start to fill lunchboxes, as you fold laundry.

If you expect to find joy in all the little corners of your life, you will. Be it the big stuff that weighs on your heart and keeps you up worrying, or the little joys of watching your kids work together to find fun ways to play. (Like taking over the entire dining room with a homemade cardboard airport complete with runways made of cereal boxes and hundreds of Matchbox cars in the parking lot.)

If you expect to find joy and beauty in all the little bits of ordinary that make up your life, you will. So here's to finding just that.

Choose Joy Roller Recipe

Scent is a powerful way to help your nerve cells release endorphins. When a smell travels through your nose into the brain, it can trigger the release of feel-good endorphins and serotonin, which naturally boosts your mood. I love this particular recipe because it is calming and grounding, striking the perfect balance between sweet and woodsy. I love to wear it everyday because it makes me feel amazing!

To use, roll on your wrists, behind our ears, around your navel or the nape of your neck.

Snippets of my week

Last Friday beach day of the summer.

First day of homeschool this year – yesterday I started my ninth year of teaching. The kids started 7th, 5th and 1st grade!

Thanks for reading! What's something little that you've recently found joy in? I’d love to hear about it! Just hit reply if you’d like to respond. (When you hit reply, your message goes directly to my email. It’s a private conversation between just us.) I read all your messages and try to respond, but not always in a timely manner. Sorry! And if you enjoyed this email, you’d be doing me a favor by forwarding it to someone else who might like it.