Can I tell you what joy feels like?
Joy feels like your most shy and anxious student bringing you a flower in the morning and running up to you before she gets on the bus to give you a hug at the end of the day.
Joy feels like singing on stage next to your husband and great friends, celebrating music, life, health, and friendship.
Joy feels like gathering around your Aunt's kitchen to hear your Mom tell the story of the Magic Pomegranate to your cousin's kids.
Joy feels like seeing your parents reach for each other's hands as they walk into the grocery store.
Joy feels like Sunday family dinners and Skyping with family hundreds of miles away.
Joy feels like laying down to go to bed but staying up for another hour, laughing until you cry.
Joy feels like picking fresh raspberries and dirtying the kitchen with homemade jam.
Joy feels like having a husband who wakes up with you, just to have that extra time to be at home together. And to make you lunches with secret notes.
Joy feels like 9 months married. (No surprise honeymoon baby!)
Joy feels like discovering a new favorite flavor of Cheez-its during first grade meetings.
Joy feels like tearing up when you read your father's recap of the RNC and realize what an incredible family you have. And what an incredible country you live in.
These are the little things making life sweet these days. Now let's all sing joy to the world, all the boys and girls. Two more days of summer...I can already smell the pumpkin cookies.
*5 points to any Ugandan friends who remember the song mentioned in the title
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