Last week, in the middle. Feeling weary. Took this picture of the sun hanging low in the living room as I sat on the floor and worked. Sent to someone I love. And in celebration of writing it all day (again) here are 13 things that brought me joy this week:
- A clean apartment c/o my house cleaner, who is a God send.
- Natural nails and not minding one bit.
- A sweet baby in the stroller, giggling, kicking and smiling at me.
- The sun. THE SUN.
- River reading The Very Hungry Catipillar to Oak in her bed last night. Making him count the fruit with each read, as if I were reading to him.
- The mild Brooklyn temperatures that allowed me to bundle up the kids a little bit less this week so far.
- New underwear that feel supportive and snug. you know, just in that new way.
- Flowers I bought for myself last night on a whim, and put beside my bed.
- River and Oak playing Slips and Ladders two days in a row on their own, without request.
- These beautiful photos early this morning.
- Writing at night by candlelight. Feeling the return to myself a bit.
- The epic dance party to Sam Cooke that happened. It was way past their bedtime, and there was couch jumping, too.
- The feeling of looking forward to working out, in a deep body and mental health sense, I can’t quite put my finger on. But it feels damn good.
Okay, your turn! What’s brought you joy this week?
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Hey LaTonya, I’ve been reading your blog for a while now, but never left a comment before. Your blog is such a beautiful and soulful space, and this post here brought ME joy this week! Here are some other ones…
– the sunny but cold weather we’ve been having here in London, which has made my daily morning swims at the Ladies Pond absolutely magical
– watching my hubby and son cycle off to school on their new tandem bike
– facetiming with my mum in France and my BF in Amsterdam
– trying out a new ridiculously tasty recipe (korean style roasted cauliflower) and thinking I can’t wait until I make it again
– watching an old Andre Kertesz doc as well as a Piet Oudolf doc on YouTube
– listening to a podcast about walking (the Hurry Slowly episode with Alissa Walker), and then getting off the tube a stop early, so I could walk the last bit, and enjoying every second of it
– picking up the prints from three rolls of film I had developed, seeing pictures from three and half years ago up until last summer, and finding so many pictures I don’t remember taking (THE joy of shooting on film)
– having to let two ducks cut me up on my swim on Tuesday morning; we were swimming alongside each other silently, and they must have just not seen me (I would have given them a huge fright if I hadn’t slowed down)
– the glory of warming cups of tea, post swim, in the house, wherever.
– realising that winter is now my favourite season, and that I’m longing for December already. Crazy!
Hope you have a great weekend! xx