Phew! This week marks the first in my 100 day project, where I am taking photos of people each day and asking them the question “What does delight mean to you?” (To find out more, check out this blog post.)
Each week, I’ll post a photo and quote from each person featured from the previous week. (For more photos and interview quotes, check out my Instagram feed.)
Here’s week 1:
Day 1: Hijab and Tayyaba
H: It means making silly jokes, spending time with my best friend, looking back at old memories and laughing at it.
T: My classes are really hard and anytime I’m having a bad day and feeling stressed out, and I’ll just text her…and she’ll just say one thing and it’ll brighten my day…I’ll get so happy.
Day 2: Nate
“Delight is basically, to me, when you’re rewarded by something that you yourself are either a part of or completely involved in—something that you know you created and a rewarding feeling you’ve given yourself.”
Day 3: Andrew
Me: “What was the last thing you did that delighted you?”
Andrew: “I finished a really great book.”
Me: “What was the book?”
Andrew: “It was on the Cuban Missile Crisis [laughs] but it was written really well but it showed that sometimes things are not as cut and dry as we think they are.”
Day 4: Beth
“I think delight, to me, is being with loved ones. I think of just hysterically laughing with my nieces and nephews and enjoying the people that you love.”
Day 5: Jon
“Spending time with people that I love…and Blejwas shirts.”
Day 6: Kyle (aka my delightful husband)
Me: “What makes you happy, baby?”
Kyle: “Adventure…and shiny, pointy objects.”
