This daily create is one of my favorites; I enjoyed reading other responses. The prompt was to tell what made us smile today, and honestly, nothing did for me today. To be vulnerable I felt lonely today, and as of lately. But reading that other people smiled and thinking of other people smiling made me happy. It made me feel connected. I wish you all more smiles!
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Daily Create 4/3/24
My friend Dylan makes me smile each and every day. He is always happy and it is hard to not be happy around Dylan. He is very positive and loving to all of his peers. The way he makes the world light up is special.
What made me smile?
The daily create asked what made you smile today? It has been a rough week, and it is only Wednesday. I don’t have high hopes of things turning around anytime soon. Finding something that even gave me a hint of joy was a little difficult. After I found something to be happy about today fate rewarded me with a 2nd one.
MsMapex: “#tdc4464 #ds106 What made me …” – ds106 Social
Now the reward from The Fates!
My children returned home from school this afternoon. They were told no electronics until they match socks today. The sock basket is full, and they need to have socks for school tomorrow. My youngest, age 7, snuck to the basement to watch TV. Suddenly I heard crying. so much despair. She comes up stairs and tells me she knows she was bad but something more terrible has happened! She has accidently deleted all the Netflix profiles! This is end of the world stuff for the 7 and 9 years old. They thought they would have to rebuild all the Netflix profiles from scratch. I am trying my best not to laugh at them. I said, “Well I can fix it but not until all the laundry is folded now.” So much anger and despair. So much joy and laughter on my end. I did end up showing them on the laptop that everything is still there they just lost access on the TV.
MsMapex: “Update my 7 year old is crying…” – ds106 Social
It’s the little things one should find joy in. I could have gotten mad but why? The whole thing was hilarious. They are punishing themselves enough and I need help with the laundry. I got a big win here.
Daily Create
by Andrew Johnson
Something Good on a Rainy Day
As I woke up on the morning of April 3rd, I peeped out the window to see rain falling onto the streets below. Now many would see a rainy day as slow & perhaps even sad, but not me. As I walked to class, I felt a presence of nature and silence, something we don’t find very often in our everyday lives. Towards the middle of my walk through campus, I noticed a small bird, a wren, sitting on a broken tree branch with a fellow mate. This made me smile because it reminded me of how even though the dead tree branch was incapable of living, there was another life form taking its place, with death, comes life.
