Life is Good

I am sure you have heard the saying "Life is Good". Who knows you might even own a t-shirt that has this on it?!?! This statement helps spread a little optimism around and makes people feel good about the simple things in life. For me this statement brings me to the "now" and the reality of the present moment and how truly blessed I am with life. Today 5 things reminded me that "Life is Good" for the Savage Girl.

1. Walking and/or riding on country roads always take me back to "Life is Good" moments. Roads like this one help me to clear my mind and figure out my next move. They sometimes give me a moment to whisper to God. This morning I soaked in the beautiful sunshine on this road before my Sunday began. 

2. Worshiping on the Lord's Day is always a top priority for the Savage Girl and this morning I found myself here at the Tompkinsville Church of Christ. Lately I have felt like I needed to reintroduce myself to members of the church since I've been busy lately visiting other churches because of vacation, Mother's Day, Father's Day, a baby shower, this trip or that trip, etc. A few weeks ago another member gave me a visitor's sticker...as a joke of course because of my Sunday morning absence! I normally always find myself there three times a week, but it seems like here lately on Sunday morning I have found myself visiting other congregations. It is great to visit and see how other congregations worship, but it is also great to worship at your home congregation, so this morning "Life is Good" because I got to worship with fellow Christians at Tompkinsville!  

3. I had lunch with my family today and the Savage Mama made these yummy zucchini brownies! This is a great recipe to help use up some of the summer bounty of zucchini from the garden. 

I was in heaven!

 

Click here for the yummy recipe. 

A Savage Girl + Chocolate = Life is Good! 

4. Blackberries take me back to my childhood! While on the farm today I inspected the blackberry bushes. Seeing these bushes got me excited about the future. In a couple of weeks we should have berries...Life is Good! Stay tuned because the Savage Mama might be having a grand opening to her berry patch business...I feel these bushes are going to produce an overabundant amount of berries that the Savage Family will not know what to do with all the berries except to sell a few. So I'll expect her to hang a shingle on the mail box to saying "Savage Blackberries U Pick" or something of that nature come July 4th.

5. Last by not least...my parents yard is in full bloom...Life is Good! I love summer and getting to walk around their yard. The Savage Mama has over 650 varieties of daylilies. They can be yours if you want to purchase some! LOL. The "Daylily Patch" (as my mama calls her flower garden) is a state inspected nursery in Tennessee. She sells plants from the garden to anyone who can catch her home and she will even ship plants to you if you are unable to make it to Moss. Let me know if you need her contact info so your yard can look like this! This is truly her labor of love and one of her many passions.