That orange made me happy

My sisters' baby girls celebrated their first birthdays this past weekend. Appropriate for their names/nicknames, the topper on the massive birthday cake was a huge clementine with a ladybug crawling over it. So adorable. And then, this morning, this lovely poem from my poem a day. Life just makes me smile. Especially life with children.

The Orange

Wendy Cope


At lunchtime I bought a huge orange--

The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave--

They got quarters and I had a half.


And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do

Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.

This is peace and contentment. It's new.

The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all the jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.

I love you. I'm glad I exist.