Daily Happinesses Day 6 July 17, 2010 Ben is 16 today.

1. Blackberries and my short boyfriend offering me his selection.
2. Picking so many king berries, which is the one at the front of the cluster, first ripe and so delicious.

3. Waking tired and committing to tenderness all day.
4. Putting my feet up to write.
5. The savory turn of a teen-ager going from grumpy to gleaming.
6. Ben looking at his tiny book.
7. Listening to my girl on the radio.

8. Watermelon on a 100% humidity afternoon in a hot field.
9. The floral arrangement Lydi brought over.

10. Knowing all day that 16 years ago my life changed.
11. Ben’s driving improving.
12. Seth tall and sweet, inhaling pancakes.
13. That rainbow, faint but promising.

14. My tall friend Lisa from Antigua and the light of pride as she introduced her granddaughter.
15. You reading these happinesses all week and noticing yours.

I send you summer love, the kind that relieves you after the storm passes, but provides a density of light like what we saw tonight in the majesty of clouds on the horizon- flashes of illumined pinks, peaches and yellow- all against that stirring dark gray.

Love, Suzi