Dear Reader:

Yesterday was a special day … a combination of recent and past memories, with a few God Winks thrown in for good measure! It was the kind of day that reassures us …we are not alone.

First of all I slept like a rock after spending most of Saturday outside in the heat on football bleachers and it is always so refreshing to sleep through the night and not wake up until morning. You feel like a new person… a brand new Penny!

I treated myself to a morning of sheer, indulgent laziness. As I switched the television channel to the CBS Sunday Morning Show … John Stamos ( so easy on the eyes) pleasantly started my day. He was being interviewed about his life to date… and his personal growth to reach the joy he feels today… living in the moment.

Suddenly I heard him talking about his role model… Winnie the Pooh … Stamos said something like…” Today is my new favorite day” ( slight altercation) and finished with the recognition that making new moments makes new favorite days.

He went onto admit that he was the perpetual ” Peter Pan” … never wanting to grow up and was blessed with slow aging looks that defied his age so he could act like a child most of his life until he fell in love, married and now can live childhood again through his five year old son.

But his most ” favorite day” when it came to memories … was remembering the last time he and his best friend, Bob Saget, went to their favorite place, Disneyland, together, dressed in PJ ” onesies” and rode all the rides. It was their most favorite and last day together before Bob’s death from a fall soon after…

However when he returned with his family… to Disney Land Stamos chose Piglet to Disney-bound with…( Disney-bound- you wear your regular clothes in such a way that they resemble a favorite Disney character!)

( Pink Piglet)

A wonderful God Wink awaited me at CVS-I picked up two small travel kit shampoos and when I went to pay for them … the kind lady at the counter kept staring at the screen and scratching numbers on a pad… you don’t owe us anything today… you are a loyal customer and today is ” your” day.

The amount didn’t ” amount” to much … but how many times in life do we get something for nothing… will hand date and save the receipt!

So until tomorrow… Savor the Memory Moments… for the tough days that will come… it’s a free and available ” Pick-You-Up” … no apparatus needed… just close your eyes and smile!