More Smiles

We’ll see if I can keep this going… I tried to keep a list this week of smiles, but I know there were a lot more than this… I’m going camping this week with my hilarious teammates, so maybe I’ll have plenty to report on next week J

This week’s smiles included…

Finding a lost Bible, and remembering all the unnecessary drama that came with it.

A certain teammate’s look of shock nearly any time any of the rest of us open our mouths.

An English student bringing us an electric fly swatter… a hot pink fly swatter at that!

My brother referring to the naming of my niece as a ‘fiasco’…

An English student accidentally calling ‘elementary school’ a ‘mental school’. Actually, it wasn’t really an accident; she meant it… and we were too busy trying not to laugh to correct her.

Thinking of being an uncle again.

 

What made you smile this week?

Smiles all around...

One of my friends is writing a blog where she gives highlights of the things that made her smile over the past week. I like the idea better than a plain old ‘what I’m thankful for’ list (although I like that too)… And since it makes me smile every time I read her smile list, and it’s been well over a month since I wrote on my own blog, I thought I would share some of my smiles with you tonight…

 

At the top of the list has to be making other people smile… I love it!

And the best one in there is our Japanese grandma and the way she smirks every time she walks through the door and sees my face!

 

Listening from the next room to middle-aged Japanese women babble on in Japanese like little girls during their English class (this happens several times every week)…

 

Just about everything on Japanese TV cracks me up… and sometimes I laugh at myself for thinking it’s funny in the first place.

 

Looking at the flowers I planted out front (a gift from an English student).

 

Riding my motorcycle with my helmet on and thinking that nobody knows I am a foreigner… silly, I know, but it makes me smile!

 

An English student bringing us raw steak… nearly every week.

 

Scoring well on a Japanese test.

 

Emails from friends that say they are coming to visit.

 

Watching a young Japanese man trying to act cool around a girl he likes.

 

And finally… watching my teammates laugh at each other!

 

I’ll have to start making a list through the week if I want to keep this going… As you go about your week, remember to smile, because it will make someone’s day… the gift that gives back immediately! J