we must find happiness when 30 cm of snow falls in March

 Maybe I'm a sucker for fads or catch phrases.  Hygge, the year of yes, mindfulness, happiness.  All these things are things I pursue or pursued and tried out.  I find Hygge throughout my day.  I spent 2016 in the year of yes and cannot proclaim how amazingly fun it was.  I practice mindfulness.  Now today I am in the pursuit of happiness.

I've got a child who is finding himself in a mood where he requires a lot of physical contact.  He's not moody, not mopey, not a handful, in fact his new need for connection has made him easier to be around.  He's constantly searching for family projects to do and still climbs up in my lap in the couch.  He wants to sleep in my bed, he requires extra hugs at night and they have to be long and tight, and he genuinely just needs reassurance throughout the day that I'm nearby.  I'll take it gladly, another cuddle on my lap is something I'll never deny.

So while watching him find what he needs in life to be happy, I realized I've been slacking this year on what I promised would be a year for making sure I found happiness.  Then I stumbled across the 30 days of happiness pursuit and I liked it.  Easy.  Vital.  Do-able.  I like that some things are out of my comfort zone and others are just things I forget to let myself do.  For the next 30 days, starting tomorrow, I'll work my way through the list and hopefully at the end of 30 days I will feel that doing an item a day to make me feel happy is not something I have to remind myself, but something I just naturally do.  I'm excited!!
 And for inspiration along the way I'll have these beautiful little watercolor cards that my friend Johanna mailed me.  Gentle reminders each day that it's ok to take time for ourselves.