Cuddle your ♥ with good friends, good memories, good times - remarkable blessings for the soul

I think today's post was encouraged by the way my morning began. I received a phone call from someone who is very dear to me. Someone who had been on my mind for the past week or so. After I hung up the phone, and for most of the day, little snippets of my past would flutter into my field of thought. Today's blessings to be thankful for are some that give me the most comfort.

1. Unexpected phone calls from good friends. Today I picked up the phone to hear a voice on the other end I hadn't heard in quite a while. No words can express the warm feeling I got talking to a good friend and connecting with her all over again.
2. Memories. Not all memories are good but memories, none-the-less, are all blessings. We learn lessons from our memories. We remember what to do again and what to never do again. We recall wonderful moments in time that we wish we could grasp one...more...time. We also recall some not so pleasant moments but when we do - after time - most of the sting is gone and a lesson lives on. 
3. Babies. The way they look. The way they feel. The way they smell fresh from a bath. Their tiny fingers and itty bitty toes. Hair that feels like spun silk and glistens like sun on honey. The way their little heads fit right under your chin when you cuddle one close and begin to rock and sing it to sleep. I am totally in ♥ with babies.
4. Giggles. Nothing better to make the heart sing than to giggle with a friend. Nothing more lyrical than the giggle of a little girl. Giggles can mend broken hearts.
5. Old movies. Good, old, black and white movies. The kind where sex was only implied and it felt so romantic. The kind where there were good guys and bad guys and the good guys always won. The kind where each and every word could be repeated in front of a child and you wouldn't worry about the content. The kind that when you saw the words THE END, you wished there were just ten minutes more.

If you haven't already, check out my sidebar. There are a couple of buttons there that will take you to the blogs of two lovely ladies who are hosting a month of days for giving thanks. I began this journey thinking it would be fun to do. Little did I realize that the experience would be so profound.