Joy

I've been thinking a lot recently about joy - not happiness, but joy.  I've always thought of joy much differently than happiness.  Joy is something to experience deeply, less of an emotion and more of a feeling in your bones, rooted in gratitude and love.  I would suggest that we can have joy, even when we don't feel happy.

I think in the piles of to-do lists and chores and work, I have been distracted from focusing on the joy in our lives, and the even-more-incredible joy that is on its way, in the form of this little baby.  And since joy is not dependent on my happiness, I can have joy, even when I feel  overwhelmed or frustrated or just plain tired.

So that's my goal for these next few weeks leading up the baby's arrival - experience joy, express joy, remember joy, and anticipate even greater joy.  These are the last few weeks I'll ever have being pregnant with this child - I want to enJOY it :)