Spreading Sunshine

D and I have been incredibly blessed. 

We have a perfect son, a beautiful home, great friends, loving family, good jobs, enough to eat, working cars, plenty of clothes to wear - we are so fortunate!

And, in addition to all of this, we have been blessed by friends and complete strangers alike who have given generously to us time and time again.  

Rather than just sit here and feel thankful, I decided I want to do something with my gratitude.

I've adopted this as my new life mantra.

Target had the cutest packs of cards in their dollar section, so I picked up a bunch!

I've started sending out little love notes to friends.  It's been a blast!
(And as someone who thrives on kind words, I get an extra thrill.)

Because I've been having so much fun, I decided to up the ante.

I started putting together Buckets of Sunshine to share!

I went to the dollar store (with J - he sang Frozen songs the whole time we were there, no joke) and simply picked up orange and yellow items.

(Gold glitter star glasses, yellow silly string, bubbles, yellow candy, sudoku and word search books, yellow boxed candy, cups, drinks, gum, sunflowers and daisies, etc.)

So far, I've delivered five buckets and it makes me giddy and excited to imagine the recipient's faces when they open their buckets.

I want gratitude to be an active attribute in my life. 
I want people to remember me as someone who invites light and joy.
And while my sphere of influence may be small, I want to do the most I can with what I have been given.  I want to love with all I have!