I found another little Blog Hop -- actually, it's an every Tuesday Blog Hop called "Ten On Tuesday". Today's theme is your Ten Favorite Sounds. I thought it sounded like another fun one to participate in.

1. My children's laughter -- the sound of a laughing child is simply music to my ears. It speaks of hope, joy, love -- all things positive and innocent. There's a purity to children's laughter that can't be found anywhere else.
"The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but in children it came from the shock of the new." Author: Elizabeth Hardwick

2. My children's singing -- again, a sound so pure it moves me nearly to tears. And their memories of the words and the tunes is shocking to me. My daughter "wrote" a song the other day -- she probably sang for 5 minutes straight. Interwoven into her song was every single Bible lesson she'd ever learned. It was so beautifully sweet.
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." Author: Maya Angelou

3. My husband or my children saying telling me, "I love you."
"Who, being loved, is poor?" Author: Oscar Wilde

4. The sound of praise music -- particularly if it's sung a cappella in beautiful harmony. My family is one that sings "Happy Birthday" and "The Doxology" in harmony. There's nothing quite like it! I also love it when it's sung accompanied by a guitar in the form of campfire songs.
"O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation." Psalms 95:1-2, KJV

5. The crackle of a fire -- home fire, camp fire -- fires make me think of warmth, security, and belonging. If you partner them with the sound of guitar accompanied praise music, fires send me back to the days of my youth at Bible Camp and the days of college when I was a counselor there. Powerful days. Formative days. Magical days.
"It only takes a spark to get a fire going, but soon all those are warmed up with its glowing. That's how it is with God's love. Once you've experienced it, you spread His love to everyone. You want to pass it on." Campfire Song "Pass it On"

6. The waves slowly lapping the shore -- one of my favorite places to sit is on our back deck in the evening listening to the waves gently lap the shore. It's so calming and peaceful. It washes away all the day's stresses.
"Sit in reverie, and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind." Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

7. Crickets chirping at night -- I know the photo is of lightning bugs, but lightning bugs don't make noise. And crickets chirping say "summertime" to me, which also make me think of lightning bugs. Does that just feel like a perfect summer night!?
"In summer, the song sings itself." Author: William Carlos Williams

8. The wind rustling through the leaves as the birds sing -- another night time on the deck sound that just speaks peace to me.
"What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?" Author: E. M. Forster

9. The sound of the cheering crowd -- this is a photo of my alma mater's football crowd. I'm a sports nut. I used to play them, now I just enjoy watching them. I especially love the electricity of sitting in the hometown crowd of my favorite team -- whatever the sport. Just a bit of the Glory Days shining through!
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. Author: Heywood Broun

10. The sound of revving motorcycles or diesel engines -- an odd sound, to be sure. But to me, it's the sound of my husband coming home.
"Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window." Author: Unknown