Author: Heather Houston

Absinthe aficionado. Empathetic thinker-feeler. Verbose writer. Avidly authentic. Hydrangea fanatic. Snow leopard lover. Joy huntress. Promising my devotees a honest glimpse into my life as I live with freedom, power and full self-expression in an unfiltered and sometimes distilled way. CHEERS!

My Musical Life 6-16-26

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June 16th, 2026

#64 This Girl’s In Love With You (Dionne Warwick) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
You see this girl
This girl’s in love with you
Yes I’m in love
Who looks at you the way I do
When you smile I can tell
We know each other very well
How can I show
You I’m glad
I got to know you ‘Cause
I’ve heard some talk🪄
They say you think I’m fine
This girl’s in love
And what I’d do to make you mine
Tell me now is it so
Don’t let me be the last to know
My hands are shakin’
Don’t let my heart keep breaking up
I need your love
I want your love🪄
Say you’re in love
And you’ll be my guy
If not I’ll just die🪄
Music##🪄
Tell me now is it so
Don’t let me be the last to know
My hands are shakin’
Don’t let my heart keep breaking up
I need your love
I want your love
Say you’re in love
And you’ll be my guy
If not I’ll just die🪄

My Abundant Life 6-16-26

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June 16th, 2026

The Fragrant Home

“I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred, I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Essayist; May 25th, 1803 to April 27th, 1882)

“There’s no place like home.”

Howard Payne

“Perhaps there’s no place like home because no place else on earth smells quite like home.”

“A fragrant home is a simple pleasure but one rich in the resonance of reassurance. Subtly layering scents throughout the rooms in your home imparts a feeling of luxury to your living spaces.”

“In today’s world I find it not just nice but necessary to surround myself and my family with things that are familiar, warm, and reassuring.”

Barbara Milo Ohrbach (Author)

“I need to air out the house and then fill it with fresh baked cookies or bread next week while I am on PTO.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 212 to 213 of 501.

I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.

Daily Gratitude 6-15-26

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June 15th, 2026

  • “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” – Aesop
  • “Rest and be thankful.” – William Wordsworth
  • “I lie in bed at night, after ending my prayers with the words ‘Ich danke dir für all das Gute und Liebe und Schöne.’ (Thank you, God, for all that is good and dear and beautiful.)” – Anne Frank
  • “I’m still thanking all the stars, one by one.” – Marissa Meyer
  • “Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.” – Jefferson Bethke

My Abundant Life 6-15-26

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June 15th, 2026

The Secret Anniversaries of the Heart

“The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves and apart. the secret anniversaries of the heart…”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American Poet; February 27th, 1807 to March 24th, 1882)

“Today I am thinking of singular rites of passage, the secret anniversaries we never talk about, kept in silence and apart.”

“Secret anniversaries of the heart are not restricted by the passage of the years.”

“I am a part of all that I have touched and that has touched me.”

Thomas Wolfe (American Novelist & Short Story Writer; October 3rd, 1900 to September 15th, 1938)

“It took a secret anniversary of the heart to remind me that there is always time enough to remember. But there is never time enough to commemorate what we cherish, unless we pause to observe, when they occur, the holiest of all holidays.”

“The acknowledgment of those who have touched you is the whole point of living and being ni relationship with others.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 210 to 212 of 501.

I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.

Daily Gratitude 6-14-26

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June 14th, 2026

  • “If you fail to carry around with you a heart of gratitude for the love you’ve been so freely given, it is easy for you not to love others as you should.” – Paul David Tripp
  • “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens
  • “Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices.” – Robert Braathe
  • “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” – Thornton Wilder
  • “Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” – Karl Barth

My Musical Life 6-14-26

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June 14th, 2026

#62 Can I Change My Mind (Tyrone Davis) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Aww, she didn’t bat an eye
As I packed my bags to leave
I thought she would start to cry
Or sit around my room and grieve🪄
But y’all, the girl
She fooled me this time
She acted like I was
The last thing on her mind
I would like to start all over again🪄
Baby, can I change my mind
I just wanna change my mind
Baby, let me change my mind🪄
As I took those steps
Toward that open door
Knowing all the time
Oh, Lord, I just didn’t wanna go🪄
But she didn’t give me no sign
Nothing that would
Make me change my mind
I would like to start all over again🪄
Baby, can I change my mind
Please, please, please, baby
I just wanna change my mind🪄
Oh, I played my games
Million times before
But people, let me tell y’all
Oh, I never reached the door🪄
Ooh, the winds howl tonight
I keep lookin’ back but my baby’s nowhere in sight
I would like to start all over again🪄
Baby, can I change my mind
I just wanna change my mind
Baby, let me change my mind

My Abundant Life 6-14-26

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June 14th, 2026

Decorating with the Season: Summer Houses

“The English rose greets the summer garden with a profusion of color and perfume and our doors and windows are thrown open to allow the season’s intoxicating atmosphere to envelop us and our home.”

Sydney A. Sykes

“Summer for me is simplicity and ease. To be able to move in and through my home without concern as the outdoors is the temple of beingness at this time of year.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 208 to 210 of 501.

I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.