Joy

Sometimes the simple pleasures in life give you the most joy. Like eating a sprinkle donut on National Donut Day. Or painting a sprinkle donut for Dunkin Donuts to celebrate the day. Or… finding this whimsical donut pillow on a random shelf in Target.

Oh, the unbridled joy I felt when I stumbled across this pillow in the window treatment section shortly after I moved into my apartment – and had just donated so many pillows from the old house to the Vietnam Vets (www.pickuplease.org).

Intellectually, I knew I didn’t need a pillow. Emotionally, my heart knew I did.

The pillow spoke to me – Buy me, buy me! Take me home and put me under the donut painting. And so I did.

You can see how I still feel about this pillow from my face. A genuine smile – one that comes from the inside.

What amazes me is that when people come into my apartment, which is packed full of stuff (haven’t converted to minimalism yet!), they make a beeline for this pillow. It seems to have a magical magnetic pull.

Frequently, the first thing they say is, “I like your pillow”. Not my paintings or my apartment, but my $14.95 pillow.

Here’s the unexpected bonus: Should I start craving pink frosting like I did as a kid, I can simply turn this reversible pillow over – and imagine biting this monster size donut in all its sugary pinkness.

After spending over a year of the pandemic in close quarters with this pillow, it still brings a joyful smile to my face.

Perhaps it’s the single best $14.95 purchase I will ever make.