cards

cards.

remembering special days has always been

hard for me.

one year

when i went through my accumulation of unsent cards,

and found 3 father's day cards for my dad,

and a couple birthday cards for him too.  

while i was thinking about it, 

i finished addressing and stamping them

and sent them all to him the same day.

he understood and was amused.

after all, 

where did i inherit this weakness from?

recently i read a book titled

the happiness project 

by gretchen rubin.

after extensive research

she spent a year 

focusing on increasing her happiness.

it sounded like a lot of work.

but i took away a key thought:

there are some {small} things i could be doing 

every day

to increase my happiness.

so i made a little checklist for every week day

for the rest of the year.

one of the resolutions on that list

 is to send 

an encouraging card each day.

(confession: 

i give myself a li'l star 

for every card i send.)

 at about the same time, 

i received a free packet of cards from dayspring,

part of their "really woolly" line.

(confession:

i love sheep.)

so, i have been sending more cards,

which really does make me happy.

and even though i don't actually send a card every day,

the number of adhesive stars in my calendar

show progress,

and that makes me happy.

and i've been receiving free cards to give,

which also makes me happy.