Elements of a good day

Girl with Lilac, (1979) by Michael Taylor

Here are a few things that make my day feel like it’s a success.

Dinner as a family, family prayers and family scripture study

Exercise

Food to eat in the refrigerator

The kids practice their instruments. (Music fills the house for several hours a day.)

I have some time to read.

I have some time to write.

I clean something really well.

I take time to sit in the family room and enjoy how the kids gather and talk with me about the day.

I wear something pretty.

I do a good deed for somebody.

I have a conversation with Richard.

I read the scriptures and pray.

I have some time alone to think.

Do all of these things happen every day? No way. But I take the mix I can manage each day and call it good.