Happiness

What is happiness? Well to me,

HAPPINESS IS...

Your brother asking you to come watch his race

Your niece wrapping her arms around your neck tightly in a hug

Running down the street with a bandana over your face and big sunglasses while your best friend takes pictures of the whole thing

Standing on people’s doorsteps with a plate of cookies in your hands and a traffic cone on your head

Your nephew telling you that your mismatched socks, “aren’t pretty.”

When a cute RM winks at you during church

Chicken pot pie and a brownie for dinner

Your dad hugging you

Watching your pregnant sister come home with cute clothes for her daughter

A baby falling asleep in your arms

Rain

The puppy jumping all over the two-year-old

Running into the person you like unexpectedly

A fun ringtone

Your two-year-old nephew making a book mark for his cousin and holding her hand while doing it

Quiet Sunday afternoons

The warm fuzzy pink bedspread your mom bought just for you

David's blue eyes

Getting two letters on the same day from your best friends

Getting an unexpected check in the mail

Hearing an apology from someone who days earlier announced his hatred towards you

Protective big brothers

Watching your niece point to your picture and say your name (her version of it at least)

Calling your sister who lives half a country away and talking for hours about anything and everything

Quoting Brian Regan, Tarzan, and Emperor’s New Groove

Taking funny pictures and making movies with your younger brother

Watching a baby cry when his older brother walks away

Pictures drawn especially for you by your nephew

A Gingerbread house made into a church

Wearing your dad’s horribly ugly sweater from the 70’s

Going to the DI just to buy the ugliest clothes you can find

Hand-me-downs from Grandma

Finally sewing something that looks decent

A few hours with a just the sewing machine and your mom

A pink and black backpack with your initial on it

Daydreams

Waking up to thunder and falling back asleep to the rain hitting the roof

Painting your nieces nails

The high after a long run

Getting over something/someone that has been bothering you

A pretty flower

Boxes filled with your childhood artwork and poetry

A scarf for every day of the month

Good smelling shampoo

Clear skies

A grandmother’s cooking

A homemade UGLY sweater

A good grade on a test you studied hard for

Cool autumn nights

Laughing with the bishop’s wife

Sitting down at the piano and being able to play a song you haven’t attempted in a few years

A clean, bright room

Laughing until your side hurts

Your Mom matching her plate

Spraying a good smelling air freshener

A good hair day

A cute hat

Waking up before your alarm feeling happy and refreshed

Putting together photo albums

Singing at the top of your lungs along with the radio

Karaoke with your little brother or sister who has bronchitis

Spinning around in circles in the rain

Dad’s waffles

Seeing someone help another person

A warm coat in the winter

The smell of freshly cut dewy grass on a summer morning

Swinging

Playing on the teeter-totters when you’re over the age of 6

Hearing a cute love song

A smile that won’t go away