Happiness Is...

When I look back at my life I'm struck by how often I find happiness in the smallest moments. Seriously it’s not the big, grand, expensive moments (although trust me those can be good too!) But the days when we just don’t have much going on. The moments of stillness that aren’t jam packed with places to go and people to see. One of my favorite things to do with Adam is simply sit back and listen to music, all kinds of music. We don’t get to do this nearly enough anymore, but I have so many amazing memories throughout our relationship that involve music, laughter, and sometimes tears. 

In college we would escape parties at Adam’s house, sit at his computer and just listen to great songs. We would chat, we would laugh, but mostly we would listen and we would just be there, together. After college, when we first moved in together, we would play cards and listen to music instead of going out. And while we were planning our wedding we didn’t really get swept up in the details. It was just planning another big party, until the day we sat down to pick out our music. We sat in the living room and listened to song after song, everything from Classic Rock, to Country, to Rap, until we found the ones that somehow touched us. I can so vividly remember the moment She is Love by Parachute started to play. Suddenly the wedding, our upcoming marriage, and our future became so real. I bawled, no seriously I think I blubbered like a baby. Adam laughed, held me and then we decided that this song had to be a part of our wedding day, so we used it as our cake cutting song. I don’t know that I even heard the song as we cut our cake on the big day, but I’ll always remember that day, in our living room and She is Love will probably always make me cry. 

But again, life has carried us away and these moments have become fewer and fewer. Obligations, work, family, friends, play, and well just life seem to distract us from these “little moments.” So as my 2^nd wedding anniversary approaches I just want to make a vow to myself and to my husband that we don’t lose these moments; that we make time for “music dates” and moments of stillness. Because happiness really is found in the smallest moments. 

xoxo ~Jamie 

She is Love by Parachute