The simple things in life

As I wake up this morning, I lay here watching the ceiling fan spin and I think this is one of the best things in life. I finally roll out of bed walk down the stairs and hear all the sounds of our house-popping, cracking, as if it is too just waking up. I hear mom in the kitchen cooking breakfast and the tapping of paws going across the kitchen floor from Beau (our dog) following her around the kitchen waiting for her to drop something so he can eat it. All these things remind me of my childhood. Waking up on a Saturday to the smell of bacon, eggs, biscuits and gravy. How I long for these days back, even if just for a day. So that I can remember what it was like to be carefree with not a worry in the world, except if the cousins could come out and play. No worries but who was going to play the teacher while playing pretend school. I miss these days but I remember thinking I wish I would hurry and grow up so I could do grown up things and now I look at my life and think I wish it would slow down. I graduate from college in a year and then my whole life starts...it is scary because I will no longer pretending to be a teacher but I will be a teacher. I get the feeling now that I am about to graduate my whole life is set in stone-never to change. I have come to realize this is not true. My life from here on out is ever changing. I am stepping into a whole new world when I get out of school. I will truly become an adult....become my own person. The simple things in life are all around us....inside, outside, and the people in your life. I just love having the simple things all around me-the way being outside makes you feel free, the stars make you feel as if your dreams can come true, the sound of crickets sound like a symphony and just the times of spending time with family. I love the simple things in life and no matter how complicated things get all the little things in life can turn around a bad day. Don't forget to be thankful for all the wonderful simple things God has place in our lives.