Happiness - Guest Blogger

Today's guest blogger is a high school friend!

She writes over at Life as Griki about her life as a newlywed to her husband whom we also went to high school together! She writes about love and life!

Check it out!

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Happiness is my husband.

I am so lucky to have him in my life and he makes everything better! We’re both

type A personalities and we have so much fun together. My favorite nights are the

ones where we snuggle up and watch a great movie (preferably although not usually

something with Julia Roberts or Meg Ryan). No outside distractions or influences,

just the two of us.

Happiness is California.

We’ve got California in our blood. Sunshine will always be better than snow. Fog is

the best way to cool off at night. Earthquakes are better than tornadoes (who really

wants to sit around in a closet all day waiting for a natural disaster to hit). And who

doesn’t love a great loaf of sourdough bread?

Happiness is our family and friends.

We don’t get to go home that often, so when we do it feels like a mad rush to try and

squeeze everyone we want to see in! And we’ve made some really great friends

through the Army. It’s nice to have people who can laugh about the chaos of our

daily life. Weekly walks, coffee dates, dinners with conversation cards, baking, video

games, and golfing are just a few of the things that remind us of all the people we

love in our life.

Happiness is our home.

I hate Clarksville. Tennessee is really pretty and we like Nashville, but two years

here is enough for us. But I love our apartment and will be so sad to leave when

we move! Thankfully, our furniture and things will all be coming with us so our

new place will basically look the same. But this is the first home we’ve ever shared

together and it feels like us. In the midst of this crazy Army life we’re living, our

apartment has always been the place where we can get away from it all. It’s calm

and peaceful. It’s beachy and screams California. It’s our space and that’s enough.

Happiness is all the little things.

I could be happy without the little things. But life is so much more fun with cozy

socks, warm blankets, puzzles, bucket lists, lazy days, homemade pizza, great books,

mango mojitos, and of course the San Francisco Giants.

What makes you happy?