A Jar Of Joy

JOY!

What brings you Joy?

Do you know it on a daily basis?

There are several keepsakes

in my home that represent

experiences that bring me joy 

each and every time I look at them.

In my kitchen, 

on top of a book shelf,

sets a collection of blue mason jars.

Different kinds, and different sizes,

but there is one that just stands

out in my heart!

It isn't necessarily the jar itself,

although I love it ~

it is one of those large shoulder jars!

That curved neck and rusty

wire wrapped around its top...

it protects something 

precious to me.

When I was about 13 or 14,

my father came home from a business trip

and presented me with a single, beautiful 

bloom of cotton.

You would have to know me,

but I've always collected rocks and sticks

and flowers and seed pods and sea shells!

I was thrilled!

I've kept that one single cotton boll

for almost 40 years!

I recently added a few more pieces

 that I picked from a huge cotton field

growing next to the highway in Tennessee.

 

It was a wonderful trip,

full of laughter and joy!

 

It might just be an old jar

with some cotton shoved in it ~ 

but in reality

this vintage treasure in itself,

holds something even more important.

My happiness, my joy, my memories~

safe and sound

under an air-tight seal!

Live your Authentic Life - Be the Real You!!!

Blessings,

Martha