Arresting Moments of Happiness

It’s taken me a long time to get here, but this morning, I woke up thinking “I am happy”

Photo by Szilvia Bass on Unsplash

I woke up at 4:15am this morning needing to pee. My lower back felt stiff and I had pins and needles in my legs. My two cats, Sayang, the big one, and Dusty, the little one, were snuggled up with me — Sayang under my right arm, with half her body and outstretched…