Solve for Happy

I’m listening to this amazing audiobook while walking through a shaded forest trail alone. I’m recovering from COVID. My husband and 7yo are playing in the creek. The author, Mo, haltingly describes the loss of his 21yo son, a university student. The story and his tone are heartbreaking.

Then he asks what makes me happy.

This, I thought. Listening to an audiobook while walking in the forest.

Watching the butterflies on the butterfly bush.

Taking photos of my mother in law’s garden.

Listening to my daughter laugh or seeing her smile.

Listening to my husband talk about his job with fascination and pride.

My daughter’s excitement today at finding a box turtle by the edge of the water.