Welcome! “Where Bloggers Live” started out kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…with bloggers! We all like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes, interests, and lives, so every month this wonderful  family of amazing women shares their work-spaces, homes, towns, and thoughts, with posts based on specific prompts. It’s been so interesting over the years to see the different ways each of us interpret the topics.

This month’s prompt is: Glimmers: Life’s Little Miracles

Glimmers are small, everyday moments that spark a little feeling of safety, connection, or joy…the opposite of triggers. The term was coined by clinical social worker Deb Dana. These tiny cues help regulate the nervous system, lower stress, and gently shift the body toward a calmer, more relaxed state.

Deb Dana developed The Basic Glimmer Practice, which “helps you learn to notice and name glimmer moments – to stop and feel the spark of joy a glimmer brings.”

The five basic steps are:

  1. See
  2. Stop
  3. Appreciate
  4. Remember
  5. Share

Long before we selected this as a topic for Where Bloggers Live, I had a note in my phone app titled, “Things That Make Me Happy.” And one day as I was browsing my 12,905 notes, I noticed it and realized…ahh, these are actually glimmers! So I’ll them with you here, in no particular order…and maybe some will resonate with you.

A breeze blowing sheer white curtains

Breezes in general

Brewed iced tea with orange

Taking a picture I love

Not feeling pain

My daughter contacting me

Water: in it, near it, hearing it

A good night’s sleep

Spending time with people who make me genuinely laugh/smile

Holding/petting animals

A nice smelling room

Shadows dancing on the wall

Unexpected messages from people i like

Golden afternoon sunlight

Music

Sunsets

Warm air in the evening

Pretty flowers

Napping

Sitting on a bench in the shade

People watching

A clean room

Getting just slightly buzzed 😊

Mastering a new phrase/grammar in another language

Good hair days

Surprises

Snow

My Christmas tree

Brightly-hued autumn leaves

I’m so grateful to have so many little things that I really love, that make me happy. I’m grateful that such small, seemingly insignificant things can bring me such joy and brighten my days.

What are your glimmers?? I hope you have many -)

Please visit my friends’ blogs to see what their glimmers are:

Daenel at Living Outside the Stacks
Em at Dust and Doghair
Jodie at Jodie’s Touch of Style
Leslie Once Upon a Time Happily Ever After 
Sally at Within a World of My Own

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