- A morning cup of coffee, just the way you like it
- Long autumnal walks with leaves that crunch under your wellies.
- All of the music that your favourite bands are yet to release.
- The concerts you are yet to attend.
- Walks along the coast that are so windy the breath is taken right out of you.
- When you come across a little cafe that sells gluten free baked goods!
- Barbecues that go on late into the night until the flames have died down to orange glowing embers.
- The feeling after a long laugh.
- Weekends away in cosy cabins.
- Long drives in the car with loud music.
- Sitting beside a log fire.
- Long catch ups and reminiscing with friends.
- Sunsets.
- Sunrises (should you ever become a morning person).
- When someone says something really really funny that completely catches you off guard.
- Freshly squeezed orange juice when it is really sunny outside.
- You are not alone. You are so loved, by your friends, by your family, by your pets.
- The friends you are yet to meet.
- All the places you are yet to visit.
- The world is a better place with you in it.
I know it seems that this pandemic will never end, particularly as it follows us into a new year.
Mum used to say that it will all be okay in the end, and if it’s not okay then it isn’t the end. Now more than ever, I trust my mum.
Please know that you are not alone in your struggle, and this will pass and soon enough we will all be reminded of the things that make life beautiful.
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If you would like to reblog this list and add to it or simply add your own little reminders in the comments, please do so. Let’s see how long we can get it for anyone out there struggling to see beauty in life.
Katie x
Nice, petty things are great steps at least to me, from my dad passed away in a long a hard Alzheimer disease I love petty things, coffee mugs, walks, music and guitar by Mark Knopfler, books and lovely things. Take care stay well and happy new year 2021
Ooh I love any music by Mark Knopfler ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ
Unfortunately I havenโt gold fingers by Mark … and you โve got a deluxe taste in music time ๐
If you wanna music pls let know it and free. weedjeeagain.wordpress.com & weedjeeagain1.wordpress.com
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Amazing things of joy๐who is the author of this post? Evee or Katie? You both are very beautiful with your hopeful blog ๐
This one is written by Katie!! Thank you ๐
Absolutely a great list, especially #1. Coffee โ makes everything better โบ๏ธ
Definitely! I donโt know where Iโd be without coffee! X
I like your mum! What a great list. It made me smile. Thanks! ๐
I’m glad it made you smile! If you’d like to add your own list either here or on your own blog, i’d love to read it – just make sure you tag me so I don’t miss it ๐
I love them all ๐
Wonderful list.
Beloved, you have inspired me to make a rudimentary list of things: https://oversoil.wordpress.com/2021/01/08/fleur-fri/
Oh I am so glad!
A beautiful post thank you so much
Lovely list. ๐
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A great post that I shared on
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Thank you! if you would like to tag us on Facebook or like our page its also The Grief Reality!
Thanks for the reminder that we need to focus on the positive. Itโs very hard to get caught up in all the negativity that surrounds us these days. Your Mum gave really good advice.
You’re welcome Michelle! Thank you for commenting. I’d love to read a list of your favourite things too ๐
Iโve written a few posts about simple things Iโm grateful for. The most recent one was at Canadian Thanksgiving in October. Maybe itโs time for another one. ๐ https://boomerecocrusader.com/grateful-thanksgiving/
This is such a great post! Itโs all the little things that makes life worth living! Iโll be sure to followโค๏ธ
My favorites of these things…… Morning coffee! Hege
Coffee seems to be popular among our readers! Please feel free to create your own list, either here in the comments section or perhaps on your own blog! I’d love to read it ๐
Haha, thank you. Will do
A great post, that I shared
Thank you! I am glad you liked it ๐
Well said..i’m too
Dear Katie and Evee,
I have come to your site because you have shared so many likes of comments I have made on other people’s posts that I thought it was time I did so. I am afraid I have failed the intelligence test to put my experience on Told By You, so I am appending two links on here: https://derrickjknight.com/2012/07/17/one-life-cut-short-another-changed-forever/ and https://derrickjknight.com/2014/01/05/my-branch-of-the-family-tree/ The first concerns my early widowhood and single parentage, the second involves more on my journey to contentment. Other losses feature in other posts.
Very best wishes, Derrick
Always something to be thankful for, Katie. A great list of life’s pleasures. ๐
Thank you Mark! If youโd like to share your own list, Iโd love to read it ๐ x
It’s pretty close to this one. ๐
Beautiful! It’s the little tings that keep my in awe, even amidst the pain of losing my son, Jeremy. Thank you for the reminder.
You’re right, it is the little things. It is so difficult to see the good when you are so deep in grief. Thank you for reading and commenting. Keep strong x
Oh yes to the gluten free goods. Been a nightmare getting them over the last few months. Itโs a beautiful list xxx
I know! Anytime a new lockdown is mentioned I get flashbacks to the first one when the shelves were just completely empty as people were stocking up (in London)! I was eating rice cakes for about 2 weeks at one point…
Thankfully I haven’t seen it as bad as that since.
But anytime I am lucky enough to come across a bakery with something gf I always treat myself ๐ x
Awesome list, Katie!
Freshly-squeezed OJ is superb, no matter what the sun/cloud mixture. After all, you’re drinking pure sunshine, and that makes it brilliant no matter what’s happening outside.
Even better is juice the smaller citrus produces, be they mandarins, clementines, or tangerines. More work initially, due to the smaller size, but so definitely worth it!
By the way, your mother sounds much like my father, in her sunny, caring outlook. I reckon we both inherited some of that optimism.
Thanks for the comforting, uplifting post. A nice, tall glass of orange juice, isn’t it?
I love your momโs saying! Itโs so true ๐
Things will definitely get better soon
Thank you Shelly ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ
Definitely going to use this in my first posting for several months, Just what I needed to goad me into action again, Thank You
Oh thatโs great news ๐ please tag me or send a link so I donโt miss it!
https://fromthehighlandsofingbersaturdayreflections.com/2021/01/11/nobody-said-it-would-be-easy/
Wonderful… Always look for the beauty in life, it often comes in the smallest of things… <3 A smile so very precious!… ๐ ๐๐
I love this! For instrument players, I would add freestyling to reduce stress! Thanks again and happy new year, Evee and Katie! ๐โค๏ธ
A great addition! Thanks for commenting ๐
Well commenting is the least I can do after you liked a bunch of my comments on another blog ๐
Coffee, sunsets and a good read ( like this)
Listening to rain on a tin roof.
Chocolate for the sake of chocolate.
Hugs, anytime.
Watching bees make love to flowers.
Breathing.
Thanks for the recent like and loved “The feeling after a long laugh”
Great list! My addition would be looking up at night to see a gazillion stars shining in the Western skies of the US. ๐
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Two more for you:
Sand between the toes… and
Standing on the top of a mountain. Pure bliss!
And, your mum is right, it will be alright in the end. ๐
Ooh great suggestions, thank you for sharing ๐คฉ
Great list, Katie! Very positive and hopeful post! <3 A great 2021 to both of you!
Wonderful post!!
YES! YES to this magical list … especially the feeling after a long laugh whether youโre sitting I. Front of a fire reminiscing with friends while eating Ben & Jerryโs ice cream … thanks for posting ๐
Thank you! This blog is so beautiful.