Every night I give thanks for each day I have. I treasure every good day and have learned to understand how the bad days help me to appreciate those good ones even more. After all, we would never know and understand what a 'good' day is, unless we had a bad day to compare them to.

It doesn't really matter what I do...I can have a good day even if I'm cleaning house or other work. It's all in how I feel and appreciating what I have around me (friends, family, my lovely home, and of course my animals).

I had a wonderful day yesterday playing cards with friends, and then last night I drove into Baltimore to meet relatives I've never met.

Last year in my family history work, I discovered I had a 3rd cousin in Baltimore. He's related to me on the German side of my family, and those relatives are few and far between. Most are in Canada, Germany or Hungary I emailed him and he emailed back right away thrilled to hear from me. It was the first time either of us had made contact with cousins from this family line.

We met the next week at local winery, and have seen each other five times since. It's like we've known each other all our lives. Unfortunately he and his wife are moving back to Ohio next month, but this weekend all his grown kids came in with all their kids, and I got to meet the whole family. In one day, I met seven new relatives.

[QUOTE=pinkynose;1169212]I escaped the heat today by going to the movies with my oldest and dearest friend. We saw the new Meryl Streep movie, Ricki and the Flash. It was tremendously uplifting and I cried happy tears at the end.
Sorry no stories. I hope you'll accept a wonderful day.