Sunlight Sunday- Florida the sunshine state versus Alaska

As I looked outside today and saw the cloudy skies, I felt depressed. I had already had a long evening and didn't sleep well. Woke up to see rainy skies with no sunlight. I enjoy the sunlight, where I can get outside and feel the warmth against my skin.

I grew up in Florida, the sunshine state! When it rained there most of the time it came and went quickly or it would rain while the sun was still shining. I lived in the pool year round and still remember getting my first set of rollerblades on Christmas. As soon as I opened them up, I was outside roller blading all over my neighborhood. I loved being outside and active. On the weekends we went to the beach every Sunday in the summer. I would go so often outside that when I was a child I would have to put zinc on my nose because if I didn't my nose would peel so much that it looked like my nose was peeling away.

I was a happy child and have grown into a very smiley adult. Sunlight makes me smile. When I smile, I like to see others smile back. Smiling is contagious.

When I looked up the place that has the most suicides, I found it interesting that it was Alaska. Then I looked to see how often it is sunny there and to my surprise it was only 126 days out of the year. Maybe a coincidence or maybe not. Lack of sunlight can cause depression. Make sure when you are feeling down to get outside in the sunlight to "brighten" your day!