Share the Joy Thursday: Joy to the World!

There are lots of reasons for JOY in this season

so I'm celebrating and honoring its presence.

Friends and family come to mind as a reason for joy.

And in anticipation of their visits,

I've readied the house with lots of decoration.

The family room tree with its multi-colored ornaments

has a Santa standing guard over the presents.

I decorated the fancy living room tree

with its white, silver and gold ornaments,

the first year it's been decorated in a long time.

Santas are looking jolly all around the house.

The Father Frost figures are on display, too -

in honor of my sons' Lithuanian heritage.

Little cardinals are peeking out 

among the candle jars in various places. 

They remind me of the joy it brought me

to hear a cardinal sing when I lived

 on the east coast many years ago.

We'd love to have you join us

for Share the Joy Thursday this week. 

I have no doubt you have an abundance of joy

in your life -- even if times are tough.


And if you don't mind, I'd love for you to send
joy and healing energy to my treasured friend 
Adrienne's husband who's having heart surgery tomorrow
and Naquillity, who's having some health problems
and could use a big dose of love.

To play along:

1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy.

2. capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into the

Mr. Linky box along with your name.

3. visit other players -- as many as possible -- and let their joy infect you.  Leave them a comment about their post.

Let's start an epidemic of joy!