some happy places

i don't get on facebook much at all (more like never). i don't tweet. i don't have an iphone, or do instagram. not on pinterest, even.
but, i love to read blogs! all sorts.


here are some of my faves:

i've read this one for years. since finn was an infant, at least, and it remains one of my very favorite because it's real, well-rounded, and just beautiful. thoughtful, varied, stylish and all-around good. plus, her regular friday posts have been very enlightening and humbling.

this one is newer to me, but i am super crazy about. it has inspired the influx of posting in the past months, and my vintage happy posts in particular. i love everything about it, and could get lost there happily for hours. the wedding pictures were magical. (proof of the previous sentence!)

this one is a new one for me in the last year or so, but it was total infatuation from the beginning. beauty & style are a powerful combination.

this is an old one, that has grown on me a lot. maybe a lot of you already read it. undeniable talent. incredible honesty. you just have to love her. you have to. plus, i met her IRL (that means in real life, ya know) once and she was super sweet. that sealed the deal.

here is another new-to-me. this one makes me ponder. it opens my mind, in a natural-to-me way. so so good. i always feel better having spent time here.

i've also gotten tangled up in this blog (from this post). unbelievably adorable.

sometimes when i surf too much, i get depressed and frustrated with myself. i need to exercise more self control. but other times, i stumble across so many wonderful things and i fill up with happy and i want to love everyone in the whole world. i feel like everyone is beautiful and wonderful and good, and i feel hope and so much love. it is so fleeting and rare, but i appreciate it so much. i need times like that to offset the empty and depressing and deflating feelings that come with too much humanity sometimes, you know?

i also feel like that with my boys. i love them so much. i want to breathe them in, and i want to savor these days when they are little. i mess up a lot, and they are so forgiving. i want to be the best for them.
life can be so good sometimes. i'm thankful for that, because it's never ALL good.

what makes you so happy?